[R] memory in R

[Vadim Ogranovich]

Setting A <- NULL doesn't immediately release the memory, the memory is
actually released in gc(), which R calls for you at some "random" time.
In situations like this I explicitely call gc() and do not wait for R to
do this, e.g
A <- NULL; gc()

Hope this helps,
Vadim

> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:r-help-bounces at stat.math.ethz.ch] On Behalf Of yyan liu
> Sent: Monday, October 11, 2004 11:55 AM
> To: r-help at stat.math.ethz.ch
> Subject: [R] memory in R
> 
> Hi:
>   I am doing a MCMC algorithm which is well known to consume 
> much computer memory. And I have a problem everytime I run my 
> R program. It stopped at certain iteration and says "can not 
> allocate a vector of 19 kb".
> It seems that the computer's memory has been exhausted. 
> However, it is said that after each iteration the objects 
> (such as a huge matrix) can be set to NULL. And the memory 
> will be released so the program will consume as much memory 
> as before. I wonder how to do that, that is, set the object 
> to be NULL. Say, A is a matrix in each iteration. I just need 
> to write A<-NULL ?? And this approach really works?
>   Thank you very much!
> 
> liu 
> 
> 
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