I always get this error even this is just a simple programe >>> Out of memory. The likely cause is an ifinite recursion within the programe. Error in plotData(line23). plotData(X,y)

function plotData(X, y)

clear ; close all; clc;
figure; % open a new figure window
fprintf('Plotting Data ...\n')
data = load('ex1data1.txt');
X = data(:, 1); y = data(:, 2);
m = length(y); % number of training examples
plotData(X, y);
fprintf('Program paused. Press enter to continue.\n');
pause;
end

[Renato SL]

inside plotData(), you called plotData() again [line 9 of the function].

I think that triggers the infinite recursion.

Maybe you want to do plot() instead?

[Hai Luu]

oh yeah, thanks in advance

[Rik]

Why do you have this in your function?

clear ; close all; clc;

clear wipes your input (using a function already makes sure you have a clean workspace), close all will close any figure your user had open and might have wanted to keep, and clc doesn't make sense yet, because you haven't written anything to the command window yet.

This is an example of cargo cult programming.

Answer 1

[Hai Luu]

I just follow to the instruction. It is an excercise in the online course. However, I think I got some misunderstanding.