Re: [R] reading partial file content

2004-10-08 Thread Prof Brian Ripley
Please do not tack your question on to a different one (as the posting guide does ask you not to). On Fri, 8 Oct 2004, Marc Mamin wrote: > hi, > > > I'd like to extract data from very large files (ca 1-2 Mio lines), > and I already know which lines of these files I need. > > Is there a way to

[R] reading partial file content

2004-10-08 Thread Marc Mamin
hi, I'd like to extract data from very large files (ca 1-2 Mio lines), and I already know which lines of these files I need. Is there a way to do it without filling the memory with the whole file content? The lines I need are randomly distributed within the files. Thanks, Marc -Orig