[R] vector size

[Uwe Ligges]

ogbos okike wrote:
> Hi,
> I have a data of size 981.1MB(1028707715) and I intend to calculate the
> length of the data using tapply function in R. I was able to read the data
> into R but when I tried to use the factor function, I had an error message
> "Error: cannot allocate vector of size 2.0 Gb".
> Can anybody tell me what to do? I have tried to increase the size of the
> memory but I am not sure if R recognizes it as the error message persists.
> Is there any other thing I need to do for R to recognize the memory
> increase?


My guess is that this is a 32-bit version of R?
You need some 64-bit OS and 64-bit R or try to decrease the amount/size 
of objects that are in the same time in your memory.

Best,
Uwe Ligges


> Thank you so much for any help.
> Ogbos
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