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st: chunky errors


From   "Dimitriy V. Masterov" <[email protected]>
To   Statalist <[email protected]>
Subject   st: chunky errors
Date   Sat, 20 Nov 2010 17:40:31 -0500

I am running Stata/MP 11.1 on 64-bit Windows 7 laptop with 8 gigs of
RAM.  I am trying to read in 10.9 GB csv file by breaking it up using
chunky. I am getting an error message that I can't interpret. The file
has 5,320,745 rows and 387 columns. It's got some weird ascii
characters in beginning of the first line (ï,»,¿), but I can't open
the file in any text editor to edit them out (vi crashes even when I
try to edit the first line with ex). I don't know if this is what's
causing the problem.

The first chunk file rpd_1.txt is created, but it is empty.

Here's what I am doing:

> set mem 6g;

Current memory allocation

                    current                                 memory usage
    settable          value     description                 (1M = 1024k)
    --------------------------------------------------------------------
    set maxvar         5000     max. variables allowed           1.947M
    set memory         6144M    max. data space              6,144.000M
    set matsize         400     max. RHS vars in models          1.254M
                                                            -----------
                                                             6,147.201M

. chunky using raw_price_data.csv, peek(2);

Peeking at the first 2 lines of raw_price_data.csv

  1003,2008-03-23,0,Disc,NULL,7.99,7.87678139240359,8.35,8.56885514506366,10.7974394069005,NULL,10.2566666666667,6.99,6.99,7.99,7.77333333333333,10.36
> 5,NULL,NULL,5.99,5.99,5.99,NULL,9.29,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,6.32666666666667,6.96559727916511,8.04833333333333,8.70765897152336,1
> 0.4373620377794,NULL,NULL,6.99,6.47333333333333,6.99,6.80999783830523,10.0710149156939,6.19008481948673,7.61715989563921,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,7.99,
> NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,7,7.99115044247788,NULL,11.19,NULL,NULL,5,5,5.675,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,5.99,5.99,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,N
> ULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,7.99,5.096875,NULL,NULL,7.99,NULL,NULL,NULL,4.52849423193685,NULL,7.26876442015786,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL
> ,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,2.52905297740543,2.28061120807602,2.29737689297299,NULL,4.29484076024002,NULL,NULL,4.99,NULL,0.69866
> 8055269689,1.70842964884469,NULL,1003,2008-03-23,0,Disc,NULL,2.07,2.34533333333333,2.42321376851818,2.68166666666667,2.92333333333333,NULL,2.7948205128
> 2051,0.99,1.22441441441441,1.58435261707989,1.9752380952381,2.295,NULL,NULL,1.056,1.415,1.305,NULL,2.07,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,2.
> 06415557325445,2.26902502939606,2.59914202498692,2.87889430894309,3.16111111111111,NULL,NULL,1.11586088873419,1.29769942196532,1.38903947368421,1.65,1.
> 645,1.57740131578947,1.53326226012793,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,1.56,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,2.4115,2.55,NULL,2.385,NULL,NULL,0.975
> ,1.27613965826475,1.2675,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,1.10231092436975,1.28268907563025,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,2.0681468218
> 4423,2.44601506503719,NULL,NULL,2.41783348254252,NULL,NULL,NULL,1.28288519637462,NULL,1.84778700906344,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NUL
> L,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,0.749815048945067,0.646367713004484,0.515949492992582,NULL,2.4335277819483,NULL,NULL,2.6,NULL,0.570616883116883,1.
> 11963210197913,NULL,1003,2008-03-23,0,Disc,NULL,2,15,10,6,3,NULL,3,3,3,3,3,2,NULL,NULL,5,2,4,NULL,1,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,3,6,12
> ,4,10,NULL,NULL,3,3,5,1,2,2,1,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,1,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,2,1,NULL,1,NULL,NULL,2,16,4,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,1
> ,1,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,1,5,NULL,NULL,1,NULL,NULL,NULL,5,NULL,2,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NUL
> L,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,11,3,10,NULL,6,NULL,NULL,1,NULL,3,9,NULL0d0a
  1003,2008-03-23,0,Free,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,0,0,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL
> ,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,0,0,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,N
> ULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NU
> LL,NULL,NULL,NULL,0,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,0,NULL,0,NULL,0,NULL,NULL,NULL,
> NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,1003,2008-03-23,0,Free,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,1.1,1.28,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL
> ,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,1.08457627118644,1.28542372881356,NULL,NULL,N
> ULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NU
> LL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,0.99,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NUL
> L,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,0.749580536912752,NULL,0.475,NULL,2.22251677852349,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,1003,2008-03-23,0,Free,NULL,NULL,NULL,
> NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,1,1,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NU
> LL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,1,1,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL
> ,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,2,NULL,NULL,NULL,NUL
> L,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,6,NULL,2,NULL,1,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL0d0a

(for reference: End of line characters odoa (CRLF) indicate Windows,
oa (LF) Unix and od (CR) Mac.
09 is the TAB character.)


.  chunky using raw_price_data.csv, analyze;

Analyzing raw_price_data.csv for chunking

EXTENDED ASCII is the file type
File has 5320745 lines of average length 2214 bytes
Composition is 52% letters, 28% numbers and 20% other characters
Extended characters are present and may cause problems.

Extended characters found:
+-----------------+
|ASCII |  count   |
|------+----------|
|187   |         1|
|191   |         1|
|239   |         1|
+-----------------+

Approximate chunk sizes and memory requirements
for -insheet- or -infile- commands
+-----------------------------------------------------------+
|Chunksize (mb)|  Number of   |   ~Number    | Stata size*  |
|    option    |    Chunks    |  obs/chunk   | (megabytes)  |
|--------------+--------------+--------------+--------------|
|          10  |        1179  |        4513  |        10.2  |
|          30  |         393  |       13539  |        30.5  |
|         100  |         118  |       45091  |       101.5  |
|         300  |          40  |      133019  |       299.5  |
|        1000  |          12  |      443395  |998.3000000000001  |
|        3000  |           4  |     1330186  |      2994.8  |
+-----------------------------------------------------------+
* Stata file size is very approximate and depends on datatypes of variables

Further detail available by running hexdump `"raw_price_data.csv"',
analyze results

. hexdump raw_price_data.csv, analyze results;

  Line-end characters                        Line length (tab=1)
    \r\n         (Windows)      5,320,745      minimum                    1,777
    \r by itself (Mac)                  0      maximum                    3,547
    \n by itself (Unix)                 0
  Space/separator characters                 Number of lines          5,320,745
    [blank]                             0      EOL at EOF?                  yes
    [tab]                               0
    [comma] (,)             2,053,807,570    Length of first 5 lines
  Control characters                           Line 1                     2,494
    binary 0                            0      Line 2                     1,945
    CTL excl. \r, \n, \t                0      Line 3                     2,039
    DEL                                 0      Line 4                     2,620
    Extended (128-159,255)              0      Line 5                     1,920
  ASCII printable
    A-Z                     6,071,073,584
    a-z                        47,886,705    File format         EXTENDED ASCII
    0-9                     3,264,399,987
    Special (!@#$ etc.)       334,050,065
    Extended (160-254)                  3
                          ---------------
  Total                       11781859404

  Observed were:
     \n \r , - . 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 D E F L M N U c e i n r s u » ¿ ï

. chunky using raw_price_data.csv, chunksize(3000m) stub(rpd_) replace;

Chunking using the following settings:

Chunksize:    3,000,000,000
Memory:       6,442,450,944
Bites:                    1
Bitesize:     3,000,000,000

                 fread():  3300  argument out of range
             chunkfile():     -  function returned error [46]
                 <istmt>:     -  function returned error [1]
r(3300);

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