start_parallel: Starts the parallel backend.

Description Usage Arguments Value See Also

Description

Starts the parallel backend cluster for use by the foreach function.

Usage

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start_parallel(Ncores = -1)

Arguments

Ncores

A positive number specifies the number of cores to use by the parallel backend. 0 means all cores. A negative number means all cores minus that number, so that the computer doesn't "freeze up" while processing. Default is -1, so that one CPU core remains unused.

Value

The parallel CPU cluster is returned and should be assigned to a variable

See Also

stop_parallel


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