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Dmitriy
Dmitriy

Reputation: 937

Run different function in different threads/task in R

Does R have any mechanism to run different calculation in different threads (Windows-like mechanism of threads/tasks)? Let's 

func1 <- function(x) { return (x^2); }
func2 <- function(y) { return (y^3); }

I need to execute something like this (imagine code):

thread1 <- thread_run(func1);
thread2 <- thread_run(func2);

with same mechanism of synchronization, like:

wait(thread1);
wait(thread2);

Upvotes: 1

Views: 475

Answers (1)

Robin K
Robin K

Reputation: 68

You can do that with the future package

install.packages(future)
library(future)

And then just use your code and just change the assigment to 

thread1 %<-% thread_run(func1);
thread2 %<-% thread_run(func2);

Here more to read: http://www.r-bloggers.com/a-future-for-r-slides-from-user-2016/

Upvotes: 3

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