I have many very large dataframes with 20 columns each. In order to conserve memory, I wish to separate the data frame into 20 vectors, each named the name of the dataframe followed by .1,.2,.3 .20.
(For example purposes, one data frame is named testa.) e.g. testa.1, testa.2, testa.3 I have written the code to do this (see below). I am trying to convert this into a function that I can reuse. Suggestions are appreciated. (I am not sure if this is the best way to approach the problem, but I do think it will work. FYI, I really do need all the data, so selecting subset of the data is not a good option.) Here is the code Ive been using: load('c:/testa.r') testa.1<-testa[ , 1] testa.2<-testa[ , 2] testa.3<-testa[ , 3] testa.4<-testa[ , 4] testa.5<-testa[ , 5] testa.6<-testa[ , 6] testa.7<-testa[ , 7] testa.8<-testa[ , 8] testa.9<-testa[ , 9] testa.10<-testa[ , 10] testa.11<-testa[ , 11] testa.12<-testa[ , 12] testa.13<-testa[ , 13] testa.14<-testa[ , 14] testa.15<-testa[ , 15] testa.16<-testa[ , 16] testa.17<-testa[ , 17] testa.18<-testa[ , 18] testa.19<-testa[ , 19] testa.20<-testa[ , 20] rm(testa) gc() ______________________________________________ R-help@stat.math.ethz.ch mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide! http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html