Re: [R] Stack overflow in R 2.10.0 with sub() and gsub() SOLVED!

2009-10-28 Thread Kenneth Roy Cabrera Torres
Thanks to Dr. Ripley and Dr. Murdoch for the workaround and the solution to the problem with sub() and gsub() memory problem. Now, with the perl=TRUE option added it works perfect (with the full database)! alumnos$AL_NUME_ID<-gsub("(^ +)|( +$)","",alumnos$AL_NUME_ID,perl=TRUE) I am going to test

Re: [R] Stack overflow in R 2.10.0 with sub()

2009-10-27 Thread Kenneth Roy Cabrera Torres
El mar, 27-10-2009 a las 10:47 -0700, Phil Spector escribió: > What happens if you type > > Sys.setlocale('LC_ALL','C') > > before using gsub or grep? When I do that, R hangs and don't show any message. > > - Phil Spector >

Re: [R] Stack overflow in R 2.10.0 with sub()

2009-10-27 Thread Kenneth Roy Cabrera Torres
Thank you very much for your interest. I make this: x <- as.character(alumnos$AL_NUME_ID) x <- x[-seq_len(length(x)/2)] save(x, file="x.RData") I exit form R, and then restart R and I make this: load("x.RData") y <- gsub("(^ +)|( +$)","",x) It shows me: Error en gsub("(^ +)|( +$)", "", x) :

Re: [R] Stack overflow in R 2.10.0 with sub()

2009-10-27 Thread Duncan Murdoch
On 10/27/2009 1:05 PM, Kenneth Roy Cabrera Torres wrote: Thank you very much for your interest. I make this: x <- as.character(alumnos$AL_NUME_ID) x <- x[-seq_len(length(x)/2)] save(x, file="x.RData") I exit form R, and then restart R and I make this: load("x.RData") y <- gsub("(^ +)|( +$)",""

Re: [R] Stack overflow in R 2.10.0 with sub()

2009-10-27 Thread Duncan Murdoch
On 10/27/2009 10:46 AM, Kenneth Roy Cabrera Torres wrote: Dr. Murdoch: I am puzzled! As you adviced me I do this: x <- as.character(alumnos$AL_NUME_ID) x <- x[-seq_len(length(x)/2)] Please try the following. After doing the lines above, do save(x, file="x.RData") and exit from R. Then re

Re: [R] Stack overflow in R 2.10.0 with sub()

2009-10-27 Thread Kenneth Roy Cabrera Torres
Dr. Murdoch: I am puzzled! As you adviced me I do this: x <- as.character(alumnos$AL_NUME_ID) x <- x[-seq_len(length(x)/2)] y <- gsub("(^ +)|( +$)","",x) And it fails, But, trying to locate the problem I do: x <- as.character(alumnos$AL_NUME_ID) x <- x[-seq_len(length(x)/2)] x <- x[seq_len(len

Re: [R] Stack overflow in R 2.10.0 with sub()

2009-10-27 Thread Duncan Murdoch
On 10/27/2009 8:15 AM, Kenneth Roy Cabrera Torres wrote: Hi R developers: Congratulations for the new R 2.10.0 version. It is a huge effort! Thank you for your work and dedication. I just want to ask how to make this "strip blank" function to work again (it works on R.2.9.2). alumnos$AL_NUME_

[R] Stack overflow in R 2.10.0 with sub()

2009-10-27 Thread Kenneth Roy Cabrera Torres
Hi R developers: Congratulations for the new R 2.10.0 version. It is a huge effort! Thank you for your work and dedication. I just want to ask how to make this "strip blank" function to work again (it works on R.2.9.2). alumnos$AL_NUME_ID<-sub("(^ +)|( +$)","",alumnos$AL_NUME_ID),) "alumnos" i