see: http://finzi.psych.upenn.edu/R/Rhelp02a/archive/92525.html
On 5/23/07, Remigijus Lapinskas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Dear All,
>
> I am on WindowsXP with 512 MB of RAM, R 2.4.0, and I want to read in a
> big file mln100.txt. The file is 390MB big, it contains a column of 100
> millions integers.
>
> > mln100=scan("mln100.txt")
> Error: cannot allocate vector of size 512000 Kb
> In addition: Warning messages:
> 1: Reached total allocation of 511Mb: see help(memory.size)
> 2: Reached total allocation of 511Mb: see help(memory.size)
>
> In fact, I would be quite happy if I could read, say, every tenth
> integer (line) of the file. Is it possible to do this?
>
> Cheers,
> Rem
>
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