Attaching a big.matrix object

Now that the big.matrix object is on the disk, we can use the information stored in the descriptor file to instantly make it available during an R session. This means that you don't have to reimport the data set, which takes more time for larger files. You can simply point the bigmemory package at the existing structures on the disk and begin accessing data without the wait.

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Scalable Data Processing in R

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Instructions

The big.matrix object x is available in your workspace.

Create a new variable mort that points to x by attaching the "mortgage-sample.desc" file using the attach.big.matrix() function.
Verify that the dimensions of mort are the same as the last exercise.
Call head() on mort.

Exercice interactif pratique

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# Attach mortgage-sample.desc
mort <- ___(___)

# Find the dimensions of mort
___

# Look at the first 6 rows of mort
___

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