Re: [R] reordering huge data file

2008-01-21 Thread Thomas Lumley
On Mon, 21 Jan 2008, Boks, M.P.M. wrote: > > Dear R-experts, > > My problem is how to handle a 10GB data file containing genotype data. The > file is in a particular format (Illumina final report) and needs to be > altered > and merged with phenotype data for further analysis. > If the data h

Re: [R] reordering huge data file

2008-01-21 Thread jim holtman
It is still not clear exactly how you want to be able to do the transformation. What does "Phenotypeinfo.txt " contain and how big is it? Is sound like this has some data that you want to be able to merge into the other file. If this is just reading in Phenotypeinfo.txt, and then using that data

[R] reordering huge data file

2008-01-21 Thread Boks, M.P.M.
Dear R-experts, My problem is how to handle a 10GB data file containing genotype data. The file is in a particular format (Illumina final report) and needs to be altered and merged with phenotype data for further analysis. PERL seems to be an frequently used solution for this type of work, how