[R] reading large data sets

Roger Peng
Wed, 03 Jul 2002 17:06:07 -0000

As far as I know, whether or not you can read the dataset will just depend
on how much memory your computer has.  For example, I have a GNU/Linux
machine with 1GB of RAM and can read 50MB file quite easily.

-roger
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On Wed, 3 Jul 2002, Rama Giorgia wrote:

>
> I have some difficulties in reading big dataset; I have to import a
> dataset with 1'661'852 observations saved in a 51.4Mb - txt file.
>  I was wandering if this is a memory size problem or if I realy can't
> import such big datasets.
>  If the memory allocated to my R is not enough, I would like to know
> exactly which comands I should use in order to read and use my large
> dataset.
>
> I Looking forward to hearing from you.
>
>     Giorgia Rama
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