I can reproduce this bug. > sessionInfo() R version 3.0.1 (2013-05-16) Platform: i386-w64-mingw32/i386 (32-bit)
locale: [1] LC_COLLATE=Dutch_Belgium.1252 LC_CTYPE=Dutch_Belgium.1252 LC_MONETARY=Dutch_Belgium.1252 [4] LC_NUMERIC=C LC_TIME=Dutch_Belgium.1252 attached base packages: [1] grDevices datasets splines graphics stats tcltk utils methods base other attached packages: [1] svSocket_0.9-55 TinnR_1.0-5 R2HTML_2.2.1 Hmisc_3.12-2 Formula_1.1-1 [6] survival_2.37-4 loaded via a namespace (and not attached): [1] cluster_1.14.4 fortunes_1.5-0 grid_3.0.1 lattice_0.20-23 rpart_4.1-3 [6] svMisc_0.9-69 tools_3.0.1 On Wed, Oct 30, 2013 at 9:05 AM, Helske Jouni <jouni.hel...@jyu.fi> wrote: > Dear all, > I was playing around with factor contrasts, and found the argument nmax on > function factor. When using nmax=1, R froze completely, and I had to close > it from task manager. After some debugging, I found that the problem is > actually in unique-function, where the internal unique function is called: > > .Internal(unique(x, incomparables, fromLast, nmax)) > > More generally, it looks like unique(x,nmax=k) freezes R the length of x > is larger than 2 and k=1, and when nmax<length(x)-1 you get error "Error in > unique.default(1:5, nmax = 3) : hash table is full". > > Of course using nmax=1 doesn't make much sense, but maybe some check would > be in place before calling internal unique? > > Best regards, > > Jouni Helske > > > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] > > ______________________________________________ > R-devel@r-project.org mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel > -- Joris Meys Statistical consultant Ghent University Faculty of Bioscience Engineering Department of Mathematical Modelling, Statistics and Bio-Informatics tel : +32 9 264 59 87 joris.m...@ugent.be ------------------------------- Disclaimer : http://helpdesk.ugent.be/e-maildisclaimer.php [[alternative HTML version deleted]] ______________________________________________ R-devel@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel
