>From R prompt, input: memory.limit()
which returns the amount of memory available to R. Then, before allocating that vector, run: library(pryr) mem_used() To see current memory in use. Should be: memory.limit() - mem_used() >= 2.4GBytes -- GG [[alternative HTML version deleted]] ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.