Re: help : how to load only a part of a matrix in octave

[Jordi Gutiérrez Hermoso]

On 4 June 2012 10:58, Martin Helm <address@hidden> wrote:
> Am 04.06.2012 16:49, schrieb marco atzeri:
>> On 6/4/2012 4:00 PM, tharaka weheragoda wrote:
>>> I think fopen also load the huge matrix into memory.What i need is to
>>> load only a small part because i have only small memory.
>>
>> cut the matrix in slices before feeding it to octave
>>
>> there are plenty of tools for that job

> I think that is the only solution at all, I remember there was or is
> still a limitation in octave that limits the file pointer to 2GB.

You can attempt the experimental --enable-64 compile-time option for
Octave to remedy this, but it requires also compiling all of the
associated Fortran libraries with similar options.

I wish more people attempted this, since it seems to be an
infrequently-tested feature.

- Jordi G. H.