[R] re-sampling of large sacle data

[David Winsemius]

On Jul 28, 2010, at 12:09 AM, jd6688 wrote:

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> d <- apply(s, 2, sample, size = 10000*nrow(s), replace = TRUE)
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> why the code above return the following error
> Error: cannot allocate vector of size 218.8 Mb

Possibilities:
Your workspace is full of other junk?
Your workspace used to be full of other junk and its memory is too  
fragmented to find a contiguous chunk of memory?
Your computer is full of other junk?
You have not read the R-FAQ ( or the RW-FAQ ) items on the the topic  
of memory usage on whatever operating system you are working with.

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David Winsemius, MD
West Hartford, CT