[GRASS-user] v.in.ascii problem

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Bulent wrote:

I have a tab-delimited text (.txt) file and I am experimenting with
importing points into GRASS (6.5 svn) in Snow Leopard. Here is the
content of the file:

675166.97 4450516.81 246 Orhan
675135.87 4450516.98 250 Osman
675156.68 4450501.48 250 Sehitlik
675155.74 4450560.93 243 SaatKulesi
675192.48 4450504.39 245 Kuledenilerisi

The first two columns are UTM (zone 36) east and north readings, the
third is the elevation and the last column is the explanation for
each point.

In 'v.in.ascii' module, I specified point as the format and typed tab
(I also tried \t). I left x and y column numbers at default (1 for x,
2 for y), I did not specify z or column definition.

Here is the error message i am getting:
Scanning input for column types...
Maximum input row length: 9
Maximum number of columns: 1
Minimum number of columns: 1
ERROR: y column number > minimum last column number(incorrect
field separator?)

* I tried importing this file without decimals at the end of each
coordinate, and used ' | ' instead of tab as delimiter. The result is
the same. What am I doing wrong?

fs=tab should work.

To preserve exact formatting, could you attach the sample data
to the email as an attachment?

this looks rather suspicious:

Maximum input row length: 9

longest row is only 9 characters long? (a single coordinate)

Hamish