The R Project SVN R

\name{summaryRprof}
\alias{summaryRprof}
\title{Summarise Output of R Profiler}
\description{
Summarise the output of the \code{\link{Rprof}} function to show the
amount of time used by different \R functions.
}
\usage{
summaryRprof(filename = "Rprof.out", chunksize = 5000)
}
\arguments{
  \item{filename}{Name of a file produced by \code{Rprof()}}
  \item{chunksize}{Number of lines to read at a time}
}
\details{
This function is an alternative to \code{R CMD Rprof}. It provides the
convenience of an all-\R implementation but will be slower for large
files.

As the profiling output file could be larger than available memory, it
is read in blocks of \code{chunksize} lines. Increasing \code{chunksize}
will make the function run faster if sufficient memory is available.
}
\value{
  A list with components
  \item{by.self}{Timings sorted by \sQuote{self} time}
  \item{by.total}{Timings sorted by \sQuote{total} time}
  \item{sampling.time}{Total length of profiling run}
}


\seealso{
  The chapter on \dQuote{Tidying and profiling R code} in
  \dQuote{Writing \R Extensions} (see the \file{doc/manual} subdirectory
  of the \R source tree).

  \code{\link{Rprof}}
}
\examples{
\dontrun{
## Rprof() is not available on all platforms
Rprof(tmp <- tempfile())
example(glm)
Rprof()
summaryRprof(tmp)
unlink(tmp)
}
}
\keyword{utilities}