I am new to python and numpy.
When I wrote: zeros((20000,20000),int), it returned "MemoryError".
Does this mean that this array exceeds python's memory limit?
Is there a way to define such big an array in python?
Thanks.
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Jump to PostOn a 32 bits system, it's more than 1.5 Gb of ram. It could be more than what your system can allocate for your process. I don't think it has much to do with python: the array is allocated by a malloc-like function in numpy. You should probably break your …
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On a 32 bits system, it's more than 1.5 Gb of ram. It could be more than what your system can allocate for your process. I don't think it has much to do with python: the array is allocated by a malloc-like function in numpy. You should probably break your problem into smaller subproblems.
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I see.
Thank you very much!
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