[R] Memory in R.

jim holtman jholtman at gmail.com
Mon Mar 31 18:20:14 CEST 2008


On 3/31/08, R RR <rstat.diallo at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I am pretty new in R.
> In fact, I started using R last month.
> So, be indulgent if my questions seem
> too boring or obvious.
>
> I have 2 basic questions:
>
> 1 - I want to increase memory, but I can't find
> the right way. E.g: in stata, you just type "set memory 1g".
> When I try to load huge datasets, R crashes.

PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html
and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.

What exactly are you doing?  How much memory do you have on your
system?  What is "hugh"?  All your R objects have to fit in physical
memory; you don't want to page.  So some more information is needed.
>
> 2 - I want to clear the memory (no object or data), such as the
> "clear" command in stata.

?rm

>
> Best regards.
>
> Amadou DIALLO.
> PhD student.
> Cerdi, University of Auvergne
> France.
>
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Jim Holtman
Cincinnati, OH
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What is the problem you are trying to solve?



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