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Task/Variable-size-Get/R/variable-size-get.r

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+# Results are system dependent
+num <- c(1, 3, 6, 10)
+object.size(num)  # e.g. 56 bytes
+
+#Allocating vectors using ':' results in less memory being (reportedly) used
+num2 <- 1:4
+object.size(num2) # e.g. 40 bytes
+
+#Memory shared by objects isn't always counted
+l <- list(a=c(1, 3, 6, 10), b=1:4)
+object.size(l)    # e.g. 280 bytes
+
+l2 <- list(num, num2)
+object.size(l2)   # e.g. 128 bytes