[GRASS-user] v.in.ascii problem

[Hamish]

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