I think I just answered my own question. The privitization of the RDD API might have resulted in my error, because this worked:
> randomMatBr <- SparkR:::broadcast(sc, randomMat) On Mon, Aug 3, 2015 at 4:59 PM, Deborah Siegel <deborah.sie...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello, > > In looking at the SparkR codebase, it seems as if broadcast variables > ought to be working based on the tests. > > I have tried the following in sparkR shell, and similar code in RStudio, > but in both cases got the same message > > > randomMat <- matrix(nrow=10, ncol=10, data=rnorm(100)) > > randomMatBr <- broadcast(sc, randomMat) > > *Error: could not find function "broadcast"* > Does someone know how to use broadcast variables on SparkR? > Thanks, > Deb >
