Re: [R] Reading in csv data with ff package

2013-11-19 Thread Jan van der Laan
The following seems to work: data = read.csv.ffdf(x=NULL,file="data.csv",nrows=1001,first.rows = 500, next.rows = 1005,sep=",",colClasses = c("integer","factor","logical")) 'character' doesn't work because ff does not support character vectors. Character vector need to be stored as factors.

[R] Reading in csv data with ff package

2013-11-18 Thread Nick McClure
I've spent some time trying to wrap my head around reading in large csv files with the ff-package. I think I know how to do it, but am bumping into some problems. I've tried to recreate the issues as best as I can with a smaller example and maybe someone can help explain the problems. The follow