Hi Pavel, The problem may be with the name "2013fixed.data". I don't know where that came from, but try naming it "fixed2013.data".
Jim On Fri, Jan 23, 2015 at 4:53 AM, Pavel Yakovlev <pyako...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello. > > I am new to R, so my question/problem might be very basic, but I cannot > figure out how to solve it. > So, I would really appreciate your help. > > I would like to rename a variable in a very large file (181GB) called > "2013.xdf" that is saved on my external hard drive. > > I tried running the following code to rename variable # 2 in the file and > save this change, which produced some errors that I cannot resolve: > >> temp.data <- rxGetVarInfo("E:/2013.xdf") >> temp.data[2] <- "transsactionnumber" >> rxSetVarInfo(2013fixed.data, outfile) > Error: unexpected symbol in "rxSetVarInfo(2013fixed.data" >> rxSetVarInfo(temp.data, outfile) > Error in is.data.frame(file) : object 'outfile' not found >> rxSetVarInfo(outfile) > Error in rxSetVarInfoXdf(varInfo, file = data) : > object 'outfile' not found > > > Please help me figure out how to do it right. > > Gratefully, > -- > > Pavel A. Yakovlev, Ph.D. > Associate Professor > 819 Rockwell Hall > Department of Economics and Finance > Duquesne University > 600 Forbes Avenue > Pittsburgh, PA 15282 > Work Phone: 412-396-1908 > > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] > > ______________________________________________ > R-help@r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see > 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. ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see 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.