On Nov 18, 2008, at 12:57 AM, kayj wrote:
I have a huge txt file and I only want to get out of it column 3
and 7.
I tried to read the whole file and then extract the two columns, but
I ran
into a memory problem since the file is huge.
Is it possible just to tell R to read these two columns without
reading the
whole file?
?read.table # read the documentation for colClasses carefully
something along the lines of:
in.frame <- read.table(file = "c//folder/filename.ext", colClasses =
c("NULL","NULL","character", "NULL", "NULL","NULL","NULL","character"))
You need to add as many NULLs as there are additional records in the
longest input line. It may be helpful to first run count.fields(). You
might get a more specific answer if you defined "huge". You should
also look at the FAQ regarding memory issues. There are also database
oriented solutions available.
--
David Winsemius
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