[R] unlist kills R

[Dimitris Rizopoulos]

Hi Manuel,

try the following:

A <- data.frame(matrix(1:21639744, nrow=3578, ncol=6048))
AA <- unlist(A, use.names=FALSE)

I hope it helps.

Best,
Dimitris

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Catholic University of Leuven

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Manuel Gutierrez" <manuel_gutierrez_lopez at yahoo.es>
To: <r-help at stat.math.ethz.ch>
Sent: Wednesday, January 05, 2005 9:59 AM
Subject: [R] unlist kills R


> When I try to unlist a very large list, R is killed
> without any other warning:
> A<-as.list(as.data.frame(matrix(1:21639744,nrow=3578,ncol=6048)))
> with
> AA<-unlist(A)
> or
> AA<-c(A,recursive=TRUE)
> I get a
> R terminado (killed)
> and the end of the session.
> I think I'll need to get more RAM (now 1Gb, any other
> solutions welcomed) to be able to do this but,
> shouldn't I get a more gentle warning than the kill
> message?
> Thanks,
> Manuel
>
>
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