[R] help on hmisc

[Uwe Ligges]

On 08.05.2010 15:04, Frank E Harrell Jr wrote:
> On 05/07/2010 10:12 AM, nvanzuydam at gmail.com wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I thought I would just jump in on this as I am running an i7 as well.
>> I use
>> hmisc for the doBy functions and it would make a huge difference
>> particularly with large data sets to run this on 64bit windows. I'm not
>> sure how to compile from source and usually use the install.packages
>> option. At the moment I have two versions of R installed and switch
>> between
>> them depending on what I'm working with. Having an hmisc package for
>> 64bit
>> windows would really help.
>>
>> Thanks Natalie
>
> Natalie you must be thinking of another package. doBy is not in Hmisc.
> summarize, mApply, etc., are in Hmisc.
>
> You might look at the data.table package too.


Additionally, If you install the 64-bit version of R-2.11.0, you can 
simply install.packages("Hmisc") and you got it - giben you are really 
talking about "Hmisc".



> Frank
>
>>
>> On May 7, 2010 1:52pm, Joris Meys<jorismeys at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Zach,
>>
>>
>>
>>> The R-gurus will correct me when I'm wrong, but as far as my very
>>> limited
>>
>>> experience goes, the 64bit version only gives you an advantage when
>>> throwing
>>
>>> around huge datasets or doing very memory-intensive tasks. For most
>>> of the
>>
>>> things I do with R, there is no difference at all. Now the difference
>>
>>> between an old x86 and a new quadcore i7, that's another story...
>>
>>
>>
>>> Cheers
>>
>>> Joris
>>
>>
>>
>>> On Fri, May 7, 2010 at 2:32 PM, zach Li zach-li at hotmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>>> thanks Joris,
>>
>>>>
>>
>>>> the reason I am looking for the instructions is that I hope 64 bit
>>>> hmisc
>>
>>>> will run better(faster) than 32 bit on 64 environment.
>>
>>>>
>>
>>>> Regards,
>>
>>>> Zach.
>>
>>>>
>>
>>>> ------------------------------
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>>>> Date: Fri, 7 May 2010 11:10:36 +0200
>>
>>>> Subject: Re: [R] help on hmisc
>>
>>>> From: jorismeys at gmail.com
>>
>>>> To: zach-li at hotmail.com
>>
>>>> CC: r-help at r-project.org
>>
>>>>
>>
>>>>
>>
>>>> Puzzling question. You install R, you click on "install packages", you
>>
>>>> select a mirror, you select hmisc, and done. There is a 64bit version
>>> of R,
>>
>>>> but a 32bit runs smooth on a Windows 7 64bit as well. if you love the
>>
>>>> command line, look at ?install.packages.
>>
>>>>
>>
>>>> I can't see why you would like to compile an R package yourself. So in
>>> case
>>
>>>> you have a specific problem, a bit more information would come handy.
>>
>>>>
>>
>>>> Cheers
>>
>>>> Joris
>>
>>>>
>>
>>>> On Fri, May 7, 2010 at 3:30 AM, zach Li zach-li at hotmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>>>
>>
>>>>
>>
>>>> can anyone know where i can find information on compile hmisc on
>>> windows,
>>
>>>> especially 64 windows?
>>
>>>>
>>
>>>>
>>
>>>>
>>
>>>> thanks,
>>
>>>>
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