[R] tackle memory insufficiency for large dataset using save() & load()?

Rolf Turner r.turner at auckland.ac.nz
Wed Aug 22 04:40:34 CEST 2007


On 22/08/2007, at 1:48 PM, Gabor Grothendieck wrote:

> See ?save .  The ... arguments are the ***names*** of the objects, not
> the objects
> so you want save("d", ...whatever...) not save(d, ...whatever...) .

	I think this is wrong.  You want the objects not their names.

	If you want to make use of object names, use the list argument.

	I.e.

		save(melvin,clyde,file="irving")

	and

		save(list=c("melvin","clyde"),file="irving")

	accomplish the same thing.

				cheers,

					Rolf Turner

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