The above error message can be recieved when you are attempting to assign more elements to a section of a matrix or vector than that section can hold.
These two error messages occur when you
i) Use a colon operator to specify an entire row or column in the destination matrix. ii) Use linear indexing with an incorrectly sized index array.
Common Causes include: You are attempting to replace a section of one matrix with another and the size of the index vector or vectors used to specify the section of the destination matrix to be replaced does not match that of the source matrix. Alternatively, you are attempting to assign values to individual elements using row and column indices, which allocates a submatrix section of the original matrix.
Verify that the size of the index array or arrays agrees with the size of the array you are attempting to assign to the destination matrix. You should verify that the computations that created the index array and the vector or matrix to be assigned are correct. An unexpected size may indicate that the computations that created the matrix were incorrect.
In the example mentioned in the question, a 4 X 4 matrix is being assigned to a single value. Instead of that, you can create another 4 X 4 matrix of zeros and assign it to A.
