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Re: Variable assignment [message #35904 is a reply to message #35903]

Tue, 22 July 2003 12:15

Haje Korth
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Craig,
I am pretty sure that I have enough RAM. I have almost 800 MB RAM and the
data I read in is less than 100 MB. If you say that you do not have a
problem, let me take a look again.

Thanks,
Haje

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"Craig Markwardt" <craigmnet@cow.physics.wisc.edu> wrote in message
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>
> "Haje Korth" <haje.korth@jhuapl.edu> writes:
>> I am trying to assign a variable with data=data(index), where index is
an
>> array with 300000 elements. IDL answers "Too many elements". Is there
away
>> around this? Basically, I need to kill some lines in data that contain
dummy
>> values. This the data files are HDF, I cannot eliminate these data when
the
>> file is read with hdf_read.
>
> I routinely make index arrays that have millions, and tens of millions
> of elements. [ with IDL 5.2 at that! ] This should not be a problem
> for you. Are you sure you have enough memory? You will probably need
> a fair amount of working space (perhaps 2x your biggest array) for IDL
> to function properly.
>
> Craig
>
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		Re: Variable assignment By: Craig Markwardt on Tue, 22 July 2003 14:50
		Re: Variable assignment By: Haje Korth on Tue, 22 July 2003 12:20
		Re: Variable assignment By: Haje Korth on Tue, 22 July 2003 12:15
		Re: Variable assignment By: David Fanning on Tue, 22 July 2003 10:37
		Re: Variable assignment By: Craig Markwardt on Tue, 22 July 2003 10:28
		Re: Variable assignment By: David Fanning on Tue, 22 July 2003 08:41

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