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I try to load a huge CSV file (~ 4 Gbyte), the data is both numeric and textual.

So, I can't load the data as a string.



str = OpenRead["train.csv"];
data = ReadList[str, String];


When I try to Import the file directly, my notebook is crash ( Win 10, WL 11.3, and my PC has 32G of RAM). The link to the data:
https://www.kaggle.com/c/microsoft-malware-prediction/data
To deal with this issue, I split the original file to a few parts and load each one and save in ".mx" format. Any suggestion on how to load the file in a more efficient way










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    I try to load a huge CSV file (~ 4 Gbyte), the data is both numeric and textual.

    So, I can't load the data as a string.



    str = OpenRead["train.csv"];
    data = ReadList[str, String];


    When I try to Import the file directly, my notebook is crash ( Win 10, WL 11.3, and my PC has 32G of RAM). The link to the data:
    https://www.kaggle.com/c/microsoft-malware-prediction/data
    To deal with this issue, I split the original file to a few parts and load each one and save in ".mx" format. Any suggestion on how to load the file in a more efficient way










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      I try to load a huge CSV file (~ 4 Gbyte), the data is both numeric and textual.

      So, I can't load the data as a string.



      str = OpenRead["train.csv"];
      data = ReadList[str, String];


      When I try to Import the file directly, my notebook is crash ( Win 10, WL 11.3, and my PC has 32G of RAM). The link to the data:
      https://www.kaggle.com/c/microsoft-malware-prediction/data
      To deal with this issue, I split the original file to a few parts and load each one and save in ".mx" format. Any suggestion on how to load the file in a more efficient way










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      I try to load a huge CSV file (~ 4 Gbyte), the data is both numeric and textual.

      So, I can't load the data as a string.



      str = OpenRead["train.csv"];
      data = ReadList[str, String];


      When I try to Import the file directly, my notebook is crash ( Win 10, WL 11.3, and my PC has 32G of RAM). The link to the data:
      https://www.kaggle.com/c/microsoft-malware-prediction/data
      To deal with this issue, I split the original file to a few parts and load each one and save in ".mx" format. Any suggestion on how to load the file in a more efficient way







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          I recognize this when larger files and/or depending on fileformats. A brute force solution is to increase the size for the java virtual machine, for example



          `<< JLink`;InstallJava;
          ReinstallJava[JVMArguments -> "-Xmx6144m"];`





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          • Thank a lot, I will try this.
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            Since you have 32GB, you can of course increase the number after "-Xm"
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          I recognize this when larger files and/or depending on fileformats. A brute force solution is to increase the size for the java virtual machine, for example



          `<< JLink`;InstallJava;
          ReinstallJava[JVMArguments -> "-Xmx6144m"];`





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          • Thank a lot, I will try this.
            – Kiril Danilchenko
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            Since you have 32GB, you can of course increase the number after "-Xm"
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          I recognize this when larger files and/or depending on fileformats. A brute force solution is to increase the size for the java virtual machine, for example



          `<< JLink`;InstallJava;
          ReinstallJava[JVMArguments -> "-Xmx6144m"];`





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          • Thank a lot, I will try this.
            – Kiril Danilchenko
            1 hour ago






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            Since you have 32GB, you can of course increase the number after "-Xm"
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          I recognize this when larger files and/or depending on fileformats. A brute force solution is to increase the size for the java virtual machine, for example



          `<< JLink`;InstallJava;
          ReinstallJava[JVMArguments -> "-Xmx6144m"];`





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          I recognize this when larger files and/or depending on fileformats. A brute force solution is to increase the size for the java virtual machine, for example



          `<< JLink`;InstallJava;
          ReinstallJava[JVMArguments -> "-Xmx6144m"];`






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          • Thank a lot, I will try this.
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            Since you have 32GB, you can of course increase the number after "-Xm"
            – FredrikD
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          • Thank a lot, I will try this.
            – Kiril Danilchenko
            1 hour ago






          • 1




            Since you have 32GB, you can of course increase the number after "-Xm"
            – FredrikD
            28 mins ago
















          Thank a lot, I will try this.
          – Kiril Danilchenko
          1 hour ago




          Thank a lot, I will try this.
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          Since you have 32GB, you can of course increase the number after "-Xm"
          – FredrikD
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          Since you have 32GB, you can of course increase the number after "-Xm"
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