xCheckParallel {Pi} | R Documentation

## Function to check whether parallel computing should be used and how

### Description

`xCheckParallel` is used to check whether parallel computing should be used and how

### Usage

    xCheckParallel(multicores = NULL, verbose = TRUE)

### Arguments

`multicores` | an integer to specify how many cores will be registered as the multicore parallel backend to the 'foreach' package. If NULL, it will use a half of cores available in a user's computer
`verbose` | logical to indicate whether the messages will be displayed in the screen. By default, it sets to true for display

### Value

TRUE for using parallel computing; FALSE otherwise

### Note

Whether parallel computation with multicores is used is system-specific. Also, it will depend on whether these two packages "foreach" and "doParallel" have been installed.

### See Also

`xCheckParallel`

### Examples

    RData.location <- "http://galahad.well.ox.ac.uk/bigdata"
    ## Not run:
    xCheckParallel()

    ## End(Not run)

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