大規模な ffdf オブジェクトのサブセットを実行していますが、subset.ffを使用すると多数の NA が生成されることに気付きました。ffwhichを使用して別の方法を試してみましたが、結果ははるかに高速で、NA は生成されません。ここに私のテストがあります:
library(ffbase)
# deals is the ffdf I would like to subset
unique(deals$COMMODITY)
ff (open) integer length=7 (7) levels: CASH CO2 COAL ELEC GAS GCERT OIL
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CASH CO2 COAL ELEC GAS GCERT OIL
# Using subset.ff
started.at=proc.time()
deals0 <- subset.ff(deals,deals$COMMODITY %in% c("CASH","COAL","CO2","ELEC","GCERT"))
cat("Finished in",timetaken(started.at),"\n")
Finished in 12.640sec
# NAs are generated
unique(deals0$COMMODITY)
ff (open) integer length=8 (8) levels: CASH CO2 COAL ELEC GAS GCERT OIL <NA>
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CASH CO2 COAL ELEC GAS GCERT OIL NA
# Subset using ffwhich
started.at=proc.time()
idx <- ffwhich(deals,COMMODITY %in% c("CASH","COAL","CO2","ELEC","GCERT"))
deals1 <- deals[idx,]
cat("Finished in",timetaken(started.at),"\n")
Finished in 3.130sec
# No NAs are generated
unique(deals1$COMMODITY)
ff (open) integer length=7 (7) levels: CASH CO2 COAL ELEC GAS GCERT OIL
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CASH CO2 COAL ELEC GAS GCERT OIL
なぜこれが起こっているのですか?