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ccbind() crbind() cfun() cquantile() csummary() cmedian() clength() csum() cmean()
Collapsing functions for batch processing
`[`(<ff>) `[<-`(<ff>) `[`(<ff_array>) `[<-`(<ff_array>) `[[`(<ff>) `[[<-`(<ff>)
Reading and writing vectors and arrays (high-level)
`[`(<ffdf>) `[<-`(<ffdf>) `[[`(<ffdf>) `[[<-`(<ffdf>) `$`(<ffdf>) `$<-`(<ffdf>)
Reading and writing data.frames (ffdf)
`physical<-`(<ffdf>) `virtual<-`(<ffdf>) `length<-`(<ffdf>) `vmode<-`(<ffdf>) `vw<-`(<ffdf>) vw(<ffdf>)
Forbidden ffdf functions
get_nvw()
Internal ffdf functions
LimWarn
ff Limitations and Warnings
add()
Incrementing an ff or ram object
array2vector()
Array: make vector from array
arrayIndex2vectorIndex()
Array: make vector positions from array index
as.ff(<bit>) as.bit(<ff>)
Conversion between bit and ff boolean
as.ff() as.ram()
Coercing ram to ff and ff to ram objects
as.ffdf() as.data.frame(<ffdf>)
Coercing to ffdf and data.frame
as.hi()
Hybrid Index, coercion to
as.which(<hi>) as.bitwhich(<hi>) as.bit(<hi>) as.integer(<hi>) as.logical(<hi>) as.character(<hi>) as.matrix(<hi>)
Hybrid Index, coercing from
as.vmode() as.boolean() as.quad() as.nibble() as.byte() as.ubyte() as.short() as.ushort()
Coercing to virtual mode
bigsample()
Sampling from large pools
chunk(<ff_vector>) chunk(<ffdf>)
Chunk ff_vector and ffdf
clone(<ff>)
Cloning ff and ram objects
clone(<ffdf>)
Cloning ffdf objects
close(<ff>) close(<ffdf>) close(<ff_pointer>)
Closing ff files
delete() deleteIfOpen()
Deleting the file behind an ff object
dim(<ff>) dim(<ffdf>) `dim<-`(<ff>) `dim<-`(<ffdf>) dimorder() `dimorder<-`()
Getting and setting dim and dimorder
dimnames(<ff_array>) `dimnames<-`(<ff_array>)
Getting and setting dimnames
dimnames(<ffdf>) `dimnames<-`(<ffdf>) names(<ffdf>) `names<-`(<ffdf>) row.names(<ffdf>) `row.names<-`(<ffdf>)
Getting and setting dimnames of ffdf
dimorderStandard() vectorStandard() dimorderCompatible() vectorCompatible()
Test for dimorder compatibility
dummy.dimnames()
Array: make dimnames
ff()
ff classes for representing (large) atomic data
ffvecapply() ffrowapply() ffcolapply() ffapply()
Apply for ff objects
ffconform()
Get most conforming argument
ffdf()
ff class for data.frames
ffdfindexget() ffdfindexset()
Reading and writing ffdf data.frame using ff subscripts
dforder() dfsort() ramdforder() ramdfsort() ffdforder() ffdfsort()
Sorting: convenience wrappers for data.frames
ffdrop()
Delete an ffarchive
ffindexget() ffindexset()
Reading and writing ff vectors using ff subscripts
ffindexordersize() ffindexorder()
Sorting: chunked ordering of integer suscript positions
ffinfo()
Inspect content of ff saves
ffload()
Reload ffSaved Datasets
fforder()
Sorting: order from ff vectors
ffreturn()
Return suitable ff object
ffsave() ffsave.image()
Save R and ff objects
ffsort()
Sorting of ff vectors
ffsuitable() ffsuitable_attribs()
Test ff object for suitability
ffxtensions() ffsymmxtensions()
Test for availability of ff extensions
file.resize() file.move()
Change size of move an existing file
filename() `filename<-`() pattern() `pattern<-`()
Get or set filename
finalize()
Call finalizer
finalizer() `finalizer<-`()
Get and set finalizer (name)
fixdiag() `fixdiag<-`()
Test for fixed diagonal
geterror.ff() geterrstr.ff()
Get error and error string
getpagesize() getdefaultpagesize() getalignedpagesize()
Get page size information
get.ff() set.ff() getset.ff()
Reading and writing vectors of values (low-level)
hi() print(<hi>) str(<hi>)
Hybrid index class
hiparse()
Hybrid Index, parsing
is.ff()
Test for class ff
is.ffdf()
Test for class ff
is.open()
Test if object is opened
is.readonly()
Get readonly status
is.sorted(<default>) `is.sorted<-`(<default>)
Getting and setting 'is.sorted' physical attribute
length(<ff>) `length<-`(<ff>)
Getting and setting length
length(<ffdf>)
Getting length of a ffdf dataframe
length(<hi>) maxindex(<hi>) poslength(<hi>)
Hybrid Index, querying
levels(<ff>) `levels<-`(<ff>) is.factor() is.ordered()
Getting and setting factor levels
matcomb()
Array: make matrix indices from row and columns positions
matprint() print(<matprint>)
Print beginning and end of big matrix
maxffmode()
Lossless vmode coercability
maxlength()
Get physical length of an ff or ram object
mismatch() ymismatch()
Test for recycle mismatch
na.count(<ff>) na.count(<default>) `na.count<-`(<ff>) `na.count<-`(<default>)
Getting and setting 'na.count' physical attribute
names(<ff>) `names<-`(<ff>) names(<ff_array>) `names<-`(<ff_array>)
Getting and setting names
`nrow<-`() `ncol<-`()
Assigning the number of rows or columns
open(<ff>) open(<ffdf>)
Opening an ff file
pagesize()
Pagesize of ff object
physical(<ff>) virtual(<ff>) `physical<-`(<ff>) `virtual<-`(<ff>)
Getting and setting physical and virtual attributes of ff objects
physical(<ffdf>) virtual(<ffdf>)
Getting physical and virtual attributes of ffdf objects
print(<ff>) print(<ff_vector>) print(<ff_matrix>) str(<ff>) str(<ffdf>)
Print and str methods
ram2ffcode() ram2ramcode()
Factor codings
ramclass() ramattribs()
Get ramclass and ramattribs
ramorder(<default>) mergeorder(<default>) radixorder(<default>) keyorder(<default>) shellorder(<default>)
Sorting: order R vector in-RAM and in-place
ramsort(<default>) mergesort(<default>) radixsort(<default>) keysort(<default>) shellsort(<default>)
Sorting: Sort R vector in-RAM and in-place
read.table.ffdf() read.csv.ffdf() read.csv2.ffdf() read.delim.ffdf() read.delim2.ffdf()
Importing csv files into ff data.frames
read.ff() write.ff() readwrite.ff()
Reading and writing vectors (low-level)
regtest.fforder()
Sorting: regression tests
repnam()
Replicate with names
appendLevels() recodeLevels() sortLevels()
Factor level manipulation
splitPathFile() unsplitPathFile() standardPathFile() tempPathFile() fftempfile()
Analyze pathfile-strings
swap()
Reading and writing in one operation (high-level)
symmIndex2vectorIndex()
Array: make vector positions from symmetric array index
symmetric()
Test for symmetric structure
`unclass<-`()
Unclassed assignement
undim()
Undim
unsort() unsort.hi() unsort.ahi() subscript2integer()
Hybrid Index, internal utilities
update(<ff>) update(<ffdf>)
Update ff content from another object
vecprint() print(<vecprint>)
Print beginning and end of big vector
vector.vmode() boolean() quad() nibble() byte() ubyte() short() ushort()
Create vector of virtual mode
vector2array()
Array: make array from vector
vectorIndex2arrayIndex()
Array: make array from index vector positions
vmode(<ffdf>)
Virtual storage mode of ffdf
vmode() `vmode<-`() regtest.vmode()
Virtual storage mode
vt() t(<ff>)
Virtual transpose
vw() `vw<-`()
Getting and setting virtual windows
write.table.ffdf() write.csv.ffdf() write.csv2.ffdf() write.csv() write.csv2()
Exporting csv files from ff data.frames