diff --git a/memoryManagement.java b/memoryManagement.java
index 8ceb4cc..212e976 100644
--- a/memoryManagement.java
+++ b/memoryManagement.java
@@ -8,6 +8,10 @@ import java.util.Scanner;
 import java.util.StringTokenizer;
 
 public class memoryManagement{
+
+	//added by David Turnbull variable to set memory for algorithms
+	public static int memory = 1024;
+
 	public static void main(String args[])throws Exception{
 		final int JOBAMOUNT = 1000;
 		final int MEMORYSIZE = 10000;