[R] Cannot allocate vector size of... ?

[Bos, Roger]

Yes, your error is due to running out of memory.  This is probably one
of the most frequent questions asked here, so if you search again you
can find a lot of advice on how to get around it.  

As you learn more about R programming you will learn how to store data
more efficiently, rm() to remove variables you no longer need, gc() to
garbage collect and free up memory.  Try to open only the files you
need, do some of the analysis, then get rid of everything you don't
need, then do some more analysis.

Thanks,

Roger 

-----Original Message-----
From: r-help-bounces at stat.math.ethz.ch
[mailto:r-help-bounces at stat.math.ethz.ch] On Behalf Of Wingfield, Jerad
G.
Sent: Thursday, March 15, 2007 12:27 PM
To: r-help at stat.math.ethz.ch
Subject: [R] Cannot allocate vector size of... ?

Hello all, 

 

I've been working with R & Fridolin Wild's lsa package a bit over the
past few months, but I'm still pretty much a novice. I have a lot of
files that I want to use to create a semantic space. When I begin to run
the initial textmatrix( ), it runs for about 3-4 hours and eventually
gives me an error. It's always "ERROR: cannot allocate vector size of
xxx Kb". I imagine this might be my computer running out of memory, but
I'm sure. So I thought I would send this to community at large for any
help/thoughts.

 

I search the archives and didn't really find anything that specifically
speaks to my situation. So I guess I have s few questions. First, is
this actually an issue with the machine running out of memory? If not,
what might be the cause for the error? If so, is there a way to minimize
the amount of memory used by the vector data structures (e.g., Berkeley
DB)?

 

Thanks,

Gabe Wingfield

IT and Program Specialist I

Center for Applied Social Research

University of Oklahoma

2 Partners Place

3100 Monitor, Suite 100

Norman, OK 73072


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