Re: Clearing RAM Memory during evaluation
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- Subject: [mg111730] Re: Clearing RAM Memory during evaluation
- From: peter <plindsay.0 at gmail.com>
- Date: Thu, 12 Aug 2010 05:25:18 -0400 (EDT)
you could try Clear["Global`*"] On 11 August 2010 09:45, Vince Virgilio <blueschi at gmail.com> wrote: > On Aug 10, 4:01 am, Aaron Bramson <aaronbram... at gmail.com> wrote: >> Hello Everybody, >> >> I am parsing a large data file and naturally this is memory intensive so I >> am breaking it into the smallest chunks possible. But I'm still having a >> problem with memory because I can't seem to clear up my RAM between chunks. >> So far there is NO output except writing a csv file, and I've cleared the >> main data-holding variable I use, and all of it is done inside a >> module...but still when the module finishes the memory isn't cleared. >> Quitting the kernel does clear the memory, but I can't do that in between >> calls of this function. Can anybody tell me what I need to change to get >> Mathematica to clear the memory at the end of the function? > > Aaron, > > Mathematica is a bottomless pit when it comes to memory consumption. > Sooner or later, you will hit this wall. There is no way around it, > except to save intermediate results to file, restart the kernel(s), > then continue the computation. > > Vince > >