Re: loading ascii data

[heberf]

I have had this problem when my data contains a . for a missing value.  SAS 
produces this character for missing values as well as other packages.  That is 
my only guess.  Unfortunately this is all the guidance I can give.  I guess it 
would be nice if the load function would print the offending line.  My guess is 
that that would not be too hard.  Why not have a look at it and if you come up 
with a patch then share it with others?

Heber  Farnsworth

> Hi!
> 
> I have problems with loading a large ascii-file. The octave error 
> message does not indicate to me what is wrong:
> 
>   ' found in file `/home/koller/Daten/IFG/Panel.ocd'
>   error: evaluating index expression near line 3, column 1
> 
> However, when I cut only the first 10 data rows of the file (and 
> adapt the header accordingly) everything goes well. So I conclude 
> the failure must be hidden somewhere in the next thousand lines...
> 
> Can someone give me a hint what I should look for?
> 
> Thanks in advance,
> 
> Wolfgang Koller
> 
> 
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> Wolfgang Koller
> Research Assistant
> Research Institute for European Affairs
> Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration
>