In order to solve a coding challenge involving large primes, I'm first trying to create an Array of length 999999999 with every element having the value "true." However, when I try to create this Array, I keep getting the error "FATAL ERROR: invalid table size Allocation failed - JavaScript heap out of memory."

I tried two ways of creating the Array and it happened both times.

let numbers = Array(999999999);
for (let i = 0; i < numbers.length; i++) {
  numbers[i] = true;
}

let numbers = [];
for (let i = 0; i < numbers.length; i++) {
  numbers.push(true);
}

I've tried using node --max-old-space-size to increase the memory limit up to 5GB but it still doesn't work.

I've read that the max length of an array in Javascript is 4294967296, which is significantly higher than 999999999, so I am a little confused as to why it isn't working.

I seem able to create the Array(999999999), the error happens when I try to assign the value true to each element.

Any advice would be much appreciated :)