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rmAllbut

Source: R/rmAllbut.R
rmAllbut.Rd

Removes all objects except specified ones from the workspace

Usage

rmAllbut(..., list = character(), clean = TRUE)

Arguments

...

Objects that should be kept

list

List specifying the objects to be kept. Same as in rm.

clean

Boolean to specify if a gc shall be executed

Details

Helps to clean the workspace. Only objects specified in ... survive. Specify clean =TRUE to really free the memory.

See also

rm,ls

Author

Markus Bonsch

Examples


# Create some objects
a <- 1
b <- 2
c <- 3
# show them
ls()
#> [1] "a" "b" "c"
# delete all but b and c
rmAllbut(b, c)
#>           used (Mb) gc trigger  (Mb) max used  (Mb)
#> Ncells 1412290 75.5    2328735 124.4  2328735 124.4
#> Vcells 2624935 20.1    8388608  64.0  6368904  48.6
ls()
#> [1] "b" "c"
# delete all but b
test <- "b"
rmAllbut(list = test)
#>           used (Mb) gc trigger  (Mb) max used  (Mb)
#> Ncells 1412115 75.5    2328735 124.4  2328735 124.4
#> Vcells 2624638 20.1    8388608  64.0  6368904  48.6
ls()
#> [1] "b"