Hi, I have done another simple test, I test the two syntext against a CSV file with only one column, both success,
> fdf <- read.csv.ffdf(file="D:/rtemp/fftest2.csv",asffdf_args = list( col_args > = list(filename=c("F:/a.f")))) > fdf ffdf (all open) dim=c(2,1), dimorder=c(1,2) row.names=NULL ffdf virtual mapping PhysicalName VirtualVmode PhysicalVmode AsIs VirtualIsMatrix PhysicalIsMatrix PhysicalElementNo PhysicalFirstCol PhysicalLastCol PhysicalIsOpen col1 col1 integer integer FALSE FALSE FALSE 1 1 1 TRUE ffdf data col1 1 1 2 2 > fdf <- read.csv.ffdf(file="D:/rtemp/fftest2.csv",asffdf_args = list( col_args > = c(list(filename="D:/a2.f")))) > fdf ffdf (all open) dim=c(2,1), dimorder=c(1,2) row.names=NULL ffdf virtual mapping PhysicalName VirtualVmode PhysicalVmode AsIs VirtualIsMatrix PhysicalIsMatrix PhysicalElementNo PhysicalFirstCol PhysicalLastCol PhysicalIsOpen col1 col1 integer integer FALSE FALSE FALSE 1 1 1 TRUE ffdf data col1 1 1 2 2 > Regards, Xiaobo Gu On Fri, Dec 24, 2010 at 11:27 PM, Xiaobo Gu <guxiaobo1...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > The read.csv.ffdf function in package ff will create the ff object > physical file in the default directories, I am trying to let the files > created in the paths users specify, I think the point is to make use > of the asffdf_args parameter, > I have a test CSV file named D:\rtemp\fftest.csv, the content of the > file is as following: > > col1,col2,col3 > 1,"amber",2.4 > 2,"linda",4.5 > > I tried the following code, hoping ff will create the physical files > for col1,col2 and col3 to D:/a.f,D:/b.f,D:/c.f respectively > > fdf <- read.csv.ffdf(file="D:/rtemp/fftest.csv",asffdf_args = list( > col_args = c(list(filename="D:/a.f"), list(filename="D:/b.f"), > list(filename="D:/c.f")))) > and the error message is : > Error in as.ff.default(1:2, vmode = NULL, filename = "D:/a.f", > filename = "D:/b.f", : > formal argument "filename" matched by multiple actual arguments > > I also tried the following: > >> fdf <- read.csv.ffdf(file="D:/rtemp/fftest.csv",asffdf_args = list( col_args >> = list(filename=c("D:/a.f","D:/b.f","D:/c.f")))) > Error in ff(initdata = initdata, length = length, levels = levels, > ordered = ordered, : > bad argument initdata for existing file; initializing existing file is > invalid > In addition: Warning messages: > 1: In if (file.exists(filename)) { : > the condition has length > 1 and only the first element will be used > 2: In if (file.exists(filename)) { : > the condition has length > 1 and only the first element will be used > 3: In if (file.access(filename, 4) == -1) { : > the condition has length > 1 and only the first element will be used > 4: In if (file.access(filename, 2) == -1) { : > the condition has length > 1 and only the first element will be used > 5: In if (is.na(filesize)) stop("unable to open file") : > the condition has length > 1 and only the first element will be used > > My questions are: > 1. What's the datatype of the col_args parameter of the as.ffdf function > 2. If I can make layout of the asffdf_args parameter correct, how can > I set the exact filenames for each column of the ff data frame. > > Regards, > > Xiaobo Gu > ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list 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.