Re: [R] Error: cannot allocate vector of size 3.0 Gb

2008-03-29 Thread Uwe Ligges
>> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> On Behalf Of John >>> Sent: Friday, March 28, 2008 12:04 PM >>> To: r-help@r-project.org >>> Subject: [R] Error: cannot allocate vector of size 3.0 Gb >>> >>> Hello, >>>

Re: [R] Error: cannot allocate vector of size 3.0 Gb

2008-03-29 Thread John
On Friday 28 March 2008 14:28, Daniel Nordlund wrote: > > -Original Message- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > On Behalf Of John > > Sent: Friday, March 28, 2008 12:04 PM > > To: r-help@r-project.org > > Subject: [R] Error: c

Re: [R] Error: cannot allocate vector of size 3.0 Gb

2008-03-29 Thread Uwe Ligges
Can you make the data.frame available somewhere. Actually, I am surprised it need that huge amount of memory to do the plot. Best, Uwe Ligges John wrote: > Hello, > > I have read recent posts on this topic (Dr. Ronnen Levinson's Monday 02:39:55 > pm), but before I install a 64 bit system, and

Re: [R] Error: cannot allocate vector of size 3.0 Gb

2008-03-28 Thread Daniel Nordlund
> -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf > Of John > Sent: Friday, March 28, 2008 12:04 PM > To: r-help@r-project.org > Subject: [R] Error: cannot allocate vector of size 3.0 Gb > > Hello, > > I have read recent p

Re: [R] Error: cannot allocate vector of size 3.0 Gb

2008-03-28 Thread Liaw, Andy
Looks like you attach() the data frame before you try t/o plot. Note that in the "Details" section of ?attach, it says: "... The database is not actually attached. Rather, a new environment is created on the search path and the elements of a list (including columns of a data frame) or objects in

[R] Error: cannot allocate vector of size 3.0 Gb

2008-03-28 Thread John
Hello, I have read recent posts on this topic (Dr. Ronnen Levinson's Monday 02:39:55 pm), but before I install a 64 bit system, and purchase more RAM, I want to make sure I understand this interesting issue. I was attempting to plot a data frame containing Dow Jones stock information: > length