[R] What is tthe meaning of Ncells and Vcells?

[Duncan Murdoch]

On 20/06/2012 9:35 AM, Rui Esteves wrote:
> Hello,
>
> When I do gc() I got this return:
>
> >  gc()
>             used  (Mb) gc trigger   (Mb)  max used    (Mb)
> Ncells   288952  15.5     968217   51.8 381338927 20365.7
> Vcells 57781947 440.9  180578758 1377.8 551082632  4204.5
>
> What does actually means Ncells, Vcells, used and gc trigger?

See the ?gc help page for an overview, and the R Internals manual for 
the details.

Duncan Murdoch