clearing memory during function runing
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Hi, im runing a function that uses a lot of memory and sometimes the function stops because there is not enough memory. is it possible to clear variables during running in order to free some memory?
thank you
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Walter Roberson
on 20 Nov 2013
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You can clear variables in the current function's workspace, or in the base workspace, or global variables.
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Dany
on 20 Nov 2013
Walter Roberson
on 20 Nov 2013
Probably not. However, in some cases it works to store calculations to a file, PACK, and then restore the file and continue.
Laurent
on 20 Nov 2013
But PACK cannot be used from within a function, so it will not solve memory problems during running of the function.
Walter Roberson
on 20 Nov 2013
Correct. But sometimes it makes sense to "checkpoint" your current state, return back up some levels, clean up memory, and then restart from the checkpoint.
E. Bisson
on 20 Nov 2013
You can use the clear command.
clear variable1 variable2
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