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Re: Garbage collection and Memory [message #2195 is a reply to message #2105]

Thu, 02 June 1994 10:22

gumley
Messages: 10
Registered: May 1993

Junior Member

In article <1994Jun2.155555@estwm0.wm.estec.esa.nl>,
hevans@estwm0.wm.estec.esa.nl (Hugh Evans) wrote:

> I am using PV~Wave v4.01 (VAX/VMS) and after loading in large data sets and
> manipulating them, PV~Wave runs out of memory (core). This is despite creating
> more variables.
>
> The question I have is: Is there any command that invokes a garbage collector
> to clean up the memory used? Or do I just have to save the session, exit and
> restart the session?

If you have a large variable array which is longer needed, just redefine it
as a single value variable, e.g.

array = fltarr(10000,10000)
(processing steps)
array = 0

See page 12-7 of the IDL User's Guide (v3.5).

--
Liam E. Gumley
NASA/GSFC Climate and Radiation Branch
Greenbelt MD, USA

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		Garbage collection and Memory By: hevans[2] on Thu, 02 June 1994 08:55
		Re: Garbage collection and Memory By: hevans[2] on Fri, 03 June 1994 06:58
		Re: Garbage collection and Memory By: thompson on Sat, 04 June 1994 08:52
		Re: Garbage collection and Memory By: eharold on Thu, 09 June 1994 15:00
		Re: Garbage collection and Memory By: thompson on Sat, 04 June 1994 08:49
		Re: Garbage collection and Memory By: landers on Fri, 03 June 1994 11:08
		Re: Garbage collection and Memory By: gumley on Thu, 02 June 1994 10:22
		Re: Garbage collection and Memory By: pjclinch on Fri, 03 June 1994 02:59
		Re: Garbage collection and Memory By: pendleton on Sun, 12 June 1994 13:28
		Re: Garbage collection and Memory By: landers on Fri, 10 June 1994 15:34
		Re: Garbage collection and Memory By: geomagic on Fri, 10 June 1994 12:37
		Re: Garbage collection and Memory By: eharold on Fri, 10 June 1994 07:44
		Re: Garbage collection and Memory By: eharold on Fri, 10 June 1994 07:17
		Re: Garbage collection and Memory By: geomagic on Thu, 09 June 1994 17:33

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