[R] R data set size limit

[Prof Brian Ripley]

On Tue, 26 Jun 2007, Roy, Abhijit  wrote:

> Hi -
>
> What is the limit (rows and columns) on the size of a data set that R
> will process?

2^31-1 for each (in a data frame, that number of elements for a matrix). 
See ?"Memory-limits"

Most likely your computer imposes lower limits.

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> Thanks.
> Abhijit
>
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