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% File src/library/parallel/man/splitIndices.Rd
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% Part of the R package, https://www.R-project.org
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% Copyright 2003-2014 R Core Team
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% Distributed under GPL 2 or later
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\name{splitIndices}
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\alias{splitIndices}
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\title{Divide Tasks for Distribution in a Cluster}
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\description{
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  This divides up \code{1:nx} into \code{ncl} lists of approximately
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  equal size, as a way to allocate tasks to nodes in a cluster.
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  It is mainly for internal use, but some package authors have found it useful.
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}
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\usage{
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splitIndices(nx, ncl)
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}
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\arguments{
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  \item{nx}{Number of tasks.}
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  \item{ncl}{Number of cluster nodes.}
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}
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\value{
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  A list of length \code{ncl}, each element being an integer vector.
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}
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\examples{
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splitIndices(20, 3)
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}
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\keyword{ utility }