Out of memory error using MATLAB R2012a generating a 2 MB vector

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When I try to execute the following command in MATLAB: ``` zero_vector = zeros( 128*128*16 ); ``` I get the following message: ``` Out of memory. Type HELP MEMORY for your options. ``` I don't have the memory command available on my Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client release 5.5 platform. In any case, I expect that I should be able to create a 2 MB vector of zeros in MATLAB 7.14.0.739 (R2012a). Any suggestions on what I'm doing wrong?

Accepted Answer

This will generate a big square matrix.

To generate a vector, do that:

```
zero_vector = zeros( 128*128*16 , 1 );
```

Out of memory error using MATLAB R2012a generating a 2 MB vector

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