[R] how to free memory? (gc() doesn't work for me)

[jim holtman]

Seems to work for me:

> x <- matrix(0,10000,10000)
> object.size(x)
800000112 bytes
> gc()
            used  (Mb) gc trigger  (Mb)  max used  (Mb)
Ncells    174104   4.7     741108  19.8    741108  19.8
Vcells 101761938 776.4  113632405 867.0 102762450 784.1
> rm(x)
> gc()
          used (Mb) gc trigger  (Mb)  max used  (Mb)
Ncells  174202  4.7     741108  19.8    741108  19.8
Vcells 1761954 13.5   90905923 693.6 102762450 784.1


On Sat, Sep 4, 2010 at 12:46 AM, Hyunchul Kim
<hyunchul.kim.sfc at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi, all
>
> I have a huge object that use almost all of available memory.
>
> R> rm(a_huge_object)
> R> gc()
>
> doesn't free memory and ?gc doesn't show anything.
>
> Are there any suggestion?
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Regards,
>
> Hyunchul
>
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