big_fread2: Read large text file

In privefl/bigreadr: Read Large Text Files

Read large text file

Description

Read large text file by splitting columns.

Usage

big_fread2(file, nb_parts = NULL, .transform = identity,
  .combine = cbind_df, skip = 0, select = NULL, progress = FALSE,
  part_size = 500 * 1024^2, ...)

Arguments

file	Path to file that you want to read.
nb_parts	Number of parts in which to split reading (and transforming). Parts are referring to blocks of selected columns. Default uses part_size to set a good value.
.transform	Function to transform each data frame corresponding to each block of selected columns. Default doesn't change anything.
.combine	Function to combine results (list of data frames).
skip	Number of lines to skip at the beginning of file.
select	Indices of columns to keep (sorted). Default keeps them all.
progress	Show progress? Default is FALSE.
part_size	Size of the parts if nb_parts is not supplied. Default is 500 * 1024^2 (500 MB).
...	Other arguments to be passed to data.table::fread, excepted input, file, skip, select and showProgress.

Value

The outputs of fread2 + .transform, combined with .combine.

privefl/bigreadr documentation built on Jan. 12, 2023, 10 a.m.