Re: [R] how to avoid a script from hanging up

2009-08-02 Thread Carlos J. Gil Bellosta
Hello, Something you can do is saving your strings in a external text file (using cat, for instance). In this way, you would not require much memory while extracting your data. Once you have extracted it, you can always have a look at your external file to see if it is too big, what to do with it

Re: [R] how to avoid a script from hanging up

2009-08-02 Thread jim holtman
You can use 'try' to catch errors and take corrective action. 'memory.size' and 'proc.time' will give you information on the memory usage of your application and the CPU time that has been used. On Sun, Aug 2, 2009 at 2:02 PM, wrote: > I am submitting this problem to the  R forum , rather than th