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Re: strings and memory usage [message #55454 is a reply to message #55452]

Wed, 22 August 2007 12:32

Jean H.
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Registered: July 2006

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humm....

IDL> print, memory()
651318 545 213 659591
IDL> test = strarr(5000000)+'asdf'
IDL> print, memory()
125651409 5000549 216 185651386

IDL> test = 0
IDL> print, memory()
651325 5000552 5000220 125651409

IDL> test = strarr(5000000)
IDL> replicate_inplace, test, 'asdf'
IDL> print, memory()
60651418 5000557 5000224 60651418

it is surprising that depending on how you fill the array, the size
differs...

Jean

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		Re: strings and memory usage By: Jim Pendleton, ITT Vi on Wed, 22 August 2007 13:08
		Re: strings and memory usage By: Jean H. on Wed, 22 August 2007 12:32
		Re: strings and memory usage By: Conor on Wed, 22 August 2007 12:00
		Re: strings and memory usage By: Jim Pendleton, ITT Vi on Thu, 23 August 2007 11:53

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