MATLAB: “Out of memory error”, but there’s enought memory

2011a

Hi All!
16G memory. win7 64 + Matlab 2011a 64.
>>tst=zeros(100000);
??? Out of memory. Type HELP MEMORY for your options.
>>memory
Maximum possible array: 29309 MB (3.073e+010 bytes) *
Memory available for all arrays: 29309 MB (3.073e+010 bytes) *
Memory used by MATLAB: 468 MB (4.910e+008 bytes)
Physical Memory (RAM): 16292 MB (1.708e+010 bytes)
  • Limited by System Memory (physical + swap file) available.

Best Answer

Are you sure (troll):
(100 000^2) * 8 bytes = 74.505806 gigabytes
You're creating a matrix not a vector.
Use:
zeros(1e5,1)
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