limit of elements in a matrix

I have a matrix with 4-D double. I got an error message saying it contains too many elements. My question is what is the limit of elements that a matrix can handle. Is there a way to increase this limit? Thanks in advance

Answer 1

[Azzi Abdelmalek]

To get information about memory, type

memory

look at http://www.mathworks.com/help/matlab/matlab_prog/resolving-out-of-memory-errors.html