process a table in chunks

process a table in chunks

Usage

process_chunks(
  file,
  process_fn,
  streamable_table = NULL,
  lines = 50000L,
  encoding = Sys.getenv("encoding", "UTF-8"),
  ...
)

Arguments

file

path to a file

process_fn

a function of a chunk

streamable_table

interface for serializing/deserializing in chunks

lines

number of lines to read in a chunk.

encoding

encoding to be assumed for input files.

...

additional arguments to streamable_table$read method.

Examples

con <- system.file("extdata/mtcars.tsv.gz", package = "arkdb")
dummy <- function(x) message(paste(dim(x), collapse = " x "))
process_chunks(con, dummy, lines = 8)
#> Importing /github/home/R/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-library/4.5/arkdb/extdata/mtcars.tsv.gz in 8 line chunks:
#> 8 x 11
#> 8 x 11
#> 8 x 11
#> 8 x 11
#> 	...Done! (in 0.003334045 secs)