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Use Raw Vectors to Minimize Memory Consumption of Factors

Hugh Parsonage

Last update: 17 November 2023

Software version identifier: 0.1.0


Copyright license: GNU General Public License, version 2.0

Uses raw vectors to minimize memory consumption of categorical variables with fewer than 256 unique values. Useful for analysis of large datasets involving variables such as age, years, states, countries, or education levels.