{data.table} outperforms other methods
library(data.table)
fread("data.csv", header = T, sep = ",")
Data used
size of csv file: 689.4MB (7,009,728 rows * 29 columns)
Methods tested
- read.csv
- fread {data.table}
- read.big.matrix {bigmemory}
- read.csv.ffdf {ff}
- read.csv.sql {sqldf}
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