Memory usage

[David Pruitt]

I have an octave program that calls many self-written functions as well as octave functions.  The program consumes a very large chunk of memory – (~750MB, many times more than I can rationalize based on the matrix sizes).  The code runs over several minutes and the memory usage grows nearly linearly over time.  I’m guessing that memory is not being released as data are passed to and from functions. 

 

My questions: 

 

1. Is there some clever way to track the memory consumption with greater detail?
2. Must I compel octave to release memory on return from a function?  If so, how?

 

 

Thanks in advance.

 

 

David Pruitt, PhD

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