Why does while loop pause during operation

Hi everyone,
I have written the attached code which will eventually be a part of a bigger program. The program is intended to log some test value, in this case just the date and time to a csv file when a button is pressed (log in WHITE, loop1). Loop2 is intended to read a test value from a line in the first csv file and then add an extra test value to the end of that line when the serial number matches and then saves that line to a new csv file. This all works well but loop2 seems to pause a few times before continuing when either of the log button is pressed. I tried putting the code in 1 while loop with no success. Can anybody see what I am doing wrong?
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ResinV10_csv.vi ‏25 KB

Maiz wrote:
Can anybody see what I am doing wrong?
In addition to waht has been said already, your code is extremely convoluted.
How often does the "read" file change? Do you really need to read the entire file with thousands of rows every ms just to look at one row?. If the file never changes, you could read it once before the loop.
The way do do array opearions is mind boggling. You take one row, Index out the first element twice in parallel (once is enough!), then you index out the first element, built it into an array of one element, and compare that array with a scalar. Would't comparing the orignal element with the scalar be equivalent?
Index array is resizable, you only need one instance.
Getting five elements in a row just to build them back into a 1D array seems rather pointless. If the array has only five elements, there is nothing to do, and if it has more elements, you cold use "array subset", and if it has fewer elements, use "reshape array" to size 5.
The correct format for reading strings is %s (not %.10f).
Since you want both loops to run at the same speed, why don't you put it all in one loop? (this even eliminates the local variable) Then you could use a parallel loop for the file saving, using queues in order not to slow down the main loop. In the parallel loop, open the files before the loop, use lowlevel writes inside the loop, and close the files once the program stops.
Can you explain your setup and what the program is supposed to do? I am sure it could be done with 20% of the current code.
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