How can I fix an Out of Memory error?

Dear All,

I am running a quite large code on my university supercomputer, and I keep getting the following error:

Error using cat

Out of memory. Type HELP MEMORY for your options.

Could you help me please?

Thanks in advance.

Best regards,

Hadi.

Answer 1

[Salaheddin Hosseinzadeh]

Hello Hadi,

Mainly you're running out of RAM memory.

You may have to modify your code to be able to run it. There are different ways of optimizing the code.

1- Reducing the number of variables. for instance, instead of creating new variables, use the already defined variables.

x = y + 2; % x is a new variable can be avoided
y = y + 2; % there is no permanent x here however y value is changed

2- Define variables as single prevision single() or int32 or .... This is going to help a lot with big matrices! You just have to be careful if this is changing the precision of your process. (there is no point to assign a double to define a variable like 32, int is enough). This also may cause you some complications, as some operations only support double precision. (try this it's very effective)

3- Use sparse matrix if possible.

4- Close other applications that are using your PC's RAM.

These are all that I can think of. ATM

Good Luck!

[hadi]

Thank you very much Salaheddin, I really appreciate your help.

[Salaheddin Hosseinzadeh]

Hi Hadi

One more point!!!!

You can clear the variables that you already processed and you don't need anymore.

x = y + 2;
clear y % assuming that you won't need y later.

;)

[hadi]

Thank you very much for all your help and efforts.

Answer 2

[MANICKA SELVI M]

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Answer 3

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Answer 4

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