[Rd] read.table: aborting based on a time constraint

2008-01-09 Thread Derek Stephen Elmerick
Hello – I am trying to write code that will read in multiple datasets; however, I would like to skip any dataset where the read-in process takes longer than some fixed cutoff. A generic version of the function is the following: for(k in 1:number.of.datasets) { X[k]=read.table(…) } The issue

Re: [Rd] memory issues with new release (PR#9344)

2006-11-06 Thread Derek Stephen Elmerick
thanks for the friendly reply. i think my description was fairly clear: i import a large dataset and run a model. using the same dataset, the process worked previously and it doesn't work now. if the new version of R requires more memory and this compromises some basic data analyses, i would label

Re: [Rd] memory issues with new release (PR#9344)

2006-11-06 Thread Derek Stephen Elmerick
but more related to the functions your are using - perhaps a bug or perhaps a user error. Kasper On Nov 6, 2006, at 10:20 AM, Derek Stephen Elmerick wrote: thanks for the friendly reply. i think my description was fairly clear: i import a large dataset and run a model. using the same dataset

Re: [Rd] memory issues with new release (PR#9344)

2006-11-06 Thread Derek Stephen Elmerick
the previous version. Like you mentioned, probably just a function of the new version requiring more memory. Thanks, Derek On 06 Nov 2006 21:42:04 +0100, Peter Dalgaard [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Derek Stephen Elmerick [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Thanks for the replies. Point taken regarding