topic Re: Error message when I ran the Proc iml in SAS/IML Software and Matrix Computations https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-IML-Software-and-Matrix/Error-message-when-I-ran-the-Proc-iml/m-p/142543#M1193 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Can you say more about what you are trying to do? Maybe post your code or show a small example?</P></BODY></HTML> Sun, 15 Jun 2014 10:09:44 GMT Rick_SAS 2014-06-15T10:09:44Z Error message when I ran the Proc iml https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-IML-Software-and-Matrix/Error-message-when-I-ran-the-Proc-iml/m-p/142540#M1190 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>when I ran the proc iml,</P><P>the log showed the following error message:</P><P><SPAN style="color: #ff0000;">ERROR: (execution) Unable to allocate sufficient memory. At least 0 more bytes required.</SPAN></P><P></P><P>What does this suggest the possible problem? </P><P></P><P>Thank you,</P></BODY></HTML> Sat, 14 Jun 2014 21:43:38 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-IML-Software-and-Matrix/Error-message-when-I-ran-the-Proc-iml/m-p/142540#M1190 Shine 2014-06-14T21:43:38Z Re: Error message when I ran the Proc iml https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-IML-Software-and-Matrix/Error-message-when-I-ran-the-Proc-iml/m-p/142541#M1191 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Usually that error message indicates that PROC IML has exhausted the RAM on your computer. See</P><P><A href="http://blogs.sas.com/content/iml/2014/04/28/how-much-ram-do-i-need-to-store-that-matrix/" title="http://blogs.sas.com/content/iml/2014/04/28/how-much-ram-do-i-need-to-store-that-matrix/"> How much RAM do I need to store that matrix? - The DO Loop</A> </P><P>I'm a little puzzled though, because usually the message says "At least 12345678 more bytes required."</P><P>How big are the matrices you are trying to allocate? Can you include the 5-10 lines of the Log prior to the error message?</P></BODY></HTML> Sun, 15 Jun 2014 00:00:56 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-IML-Software-and-Matrix/Error-message-when-I-ran-the-Proc-iml/m-p/142541#M1191 Rick_SAS 2014-06-15T00:00:56Z Re: Error message when I ran the Proc iml https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-IML-Software-and-Matrix/Error-message-when-I-ran-the-Proc-iml/m-p/142542#M1192 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>TThe matrix I want to create is around 30,000 by 30,000.</P><P>i Read your suggested blog,it can not fit into a 2 gb ram, right?</P><P>what should I do then to finish this computation?</P><P>break the original data into several sub datasets?</P><P>thank you.</P></BODY></HTML> Sun, 15 Jun 2014 02:43:14 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-IML-Software-and-Matrix/Error-message-when-I-ran-the-Proc-iml/m-p/142542#M1192 Shine 2014-06-15T02:43:14Z Re: Error message when I ran the Proc iml https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-IML-Software-and-Matrix/Error-message-when-I-ran-the-Proc-iml/m-p/142543#M1193 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Can you say more about what you are trying to do? Maybe post your code or show a small example?</P></BODY></HTML> Sun, 15 Jun 2014 10:09:44 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-IML-Software-and-Matrix/Error-message-when-I-ran-the-Proc-iml/m-p/142543#M1193 Rick_SAS 2014-06-15T10:09:44Z