人们使用什么技巧来管理交互式R会话的可用内存?我使用下面的函数[基于Petr Pikal和David Hinds在2004年发布的r-help列表]来列出(和/或排序)最大的对象，并偶尔rm()其中一些对象。但到目前为止最有效的解决办法是……在64位Linux下运行，有充足的内存。
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# improved list of objects
.ls.objects <- function (pos = 1, pattern, order.by,
decreasing=FALSE, head=FALSE, n=5) {
napply <- function(names, fn) sapply(names, function(x)
fn(get(x, pos = pos)))
names <- ls(pos = pos, pattern = pattern)
obj.class <- napply(names, function(x) as.character(class(x))[1])
obj.mode <- napply(names, mode)
obj.type <- ifelse(is.na(obj.class), obj.mode, obj.class)
obj.size <- napply(names, object.size)
obj.dim <- t(napply(names, function(x)
as.numeric(dim(x))[1:2]))
vec <- is.na(obj.dim)[, 1] & (obj.type != "function")
obj.dim[vec, 1] <- napply(names, length)[vec]
out <- data.frame(obj.type, obj.size, obj.dim)
names(out) <- c("Type", "Size", "Rows", "Columns")
if (!missing(order.by))
out <- out[order(out[[order.by]], decreasing=decreasing), ]
if (head)
out <- head(out, n)
out
}
# shorthand
lsos <- function(..., n=10) {
.ls.objects(..., order.by="Size", decreasing=TRUE, head=TRUE, n=n)
}
在将数据框架传递给回归函数的data=参数时，我积极地使用子集参数，只选择所需的变量。如果我忘记向公式和select=向量添加变量，确实会导致一些错误，但由于减少了对象的复制，它仍然节省了大量时间，并显著减少了内存占用。假设我有400万条记录和110个变量(我确实有)。例子:
# library(rms); library(Hmisc) for the cph,and rcs functions
Mayo.PrCr.rbc.mdl <-
cph(formula = Surv(surv.yr, death) ~ age + Sex + nsmkr + rcs(Mayo, 4) +
rcs(PrCr.rat, 3) + rbc.cat * Sex,
data = subset(set1HLI, gdlab2 & HIVfinal == "Negative",
select = c("surv.yr", "death", "PrCr.rat", "Mayo",
"age", "Sex", "nsmkr", "rbc.cat")
) )
通过设置上下文和策略:gdlab2变量是一个逻辑向量，它是为一组实验室测试的所有正常或几乎正常值的数据集中的主题构建的，而HIVfinal是一个字符向量，总结了艾滋病毒的初步和确认测试。
我在推特上看到了这个，觉得德克的功能太棒了!根据JD Long的回答，为了方便用户阅读，我会这样做:
# improved list of objects
.ls.objects <- function (pos = 1, pattern, order.by,
decreasing=FALSE, head=FALSE, n=5) {
napply <- function(names, fn) sapply(names, function(x)
fn(get(x, pos = pos)))
names <- ls(pos = pos, pattern = pattern)
obj.class <- napply(names, function(x) as.character(class(x))[1])
obj.mode <- napply(names, mode)
obj.type <- ifelse(is.na(obj.class), obj.mode, obj.class)
obj.prettysize <- napply(names, function(x) {
format(utils::object.size(x), units = "auto") })
obj.size <- napply(names, object.size)
obj.dim <- t(napply(names, function(x)
as.numeric(dim(x))[1:2]))
vec <- is.na(obj.dim)[, 1] & (obj.type != "function")
obj.dim[vec, 1] <- napply(names, length)[vec]
out <- data.frame(obj.type, obj.size, obj.prettysize, obj.dim)
names(out) <- c("Type", "Size", "PrettySize", "Length/Rows", "Columns")
if (!missing(order.by))
out <- out[order(out[[order.by]], decreasing=decreasing), ]
if (head)
out <- head(out, n)
out
}
# shorthand
lsos <- function(..., n=10) {
.ls.objects(..., order.by="Size", decreasing=TRUE, head=TRUE, n=n)
}
lsos()
结果如下:
Type Size PrettySize Length/Rows Columns
pca.res PCA 790128 771.6 Kb 7 NA
DF data.frame 271040 264.7 Kb 669 50
factor.AgeGender factanal 12888 12.6 Kb 12 NA
dates data.frame 9016 8.8 Kb 669 2
sd. numeric 3808 3.7 Kb 51 NA
napply function 2256 2.2 Kb NA NA
lsos function 1944 1.9 Kb NA NA
load loadings 1768 1.7 Kb 12 2
ind.sup integer 448 448 bytes 102 NA
x character 96 96 bytes 1 NA
注:我补充的主要部分是(再次改编自JD的回答):
obj.prettysize <- napply(names, function(x) {
print(object.size(x), units = "auto") })
