Size of list elements

Description

Produces a named array giving the size, in bytes, of the elements of a list.

Usage

ls.size(x)

Arguments

Value

A numeric vector giving the size in bytes of each element of the list x. The elements of the array have the same names as the elements of the list. If x is not a list then its size in bytes is returned, un-named.

Author(s)

Simon N. Wood simon.wood@r-project.org

References

http://www.maths.bath.ac.uk/~sw283/

Examples

library(mgcv)
b <- list(M=matrix(runif(100),10,10),quote=
"The world is ruled by idiots because only an idiot would want to rule the world.",
fam=binomial())
ls.size(b)