[GRASS-dev] select issue with wingrass

[Michael Barton]

On 11/12/07 4:07 PM, "Javier Fernandez" <javierfernandez at anth.ucsb.edu>
wrote:

> 
> Hi all sorry for the delay,
> 
> I have problems each time that I manage operations with vector layers
> as import vector points from dbf and ascii files or  create contour
> lines from a dem. Also if I work with map calculator.
> 
> Error reports:
> 
> 1. Map Calculator
> 
> r.mapcalc 'test=pendiente*1'


Javi,

Try it with normal (double) quotes.

r.mapcalc "test=pendiente*1"

Let me know what happens.


> 
> syntax error, unexpected $end, expecting '='
> Parse error
> 
> 2. r.contour
> 
> 
> dbf.exe has encountered a problem and needs to close.  We are sorry
> for the inconvenience.
> 
> AppName: dbf.exe  AppVer: 0.0.0.0  ModName: msvcrt.dll
> ModVer: 7.0.2600.2180  Offset: 000360cb
> 
> 
> 3. v.in.ascii input
> 
> v.in.ascii input=C:/grassdata/MR.csv output=MR format=point fs=,
> skip=0 x=1 y=2 z=0 cat=0 --overwrite

What is the error here?

> 
> Javi
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Quoting Michael Barton <michael.barton at asu.edu>:
> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> On 11/12/07 4:14 AM, "Glynn Clements" <glynn at gclements.plus.com> wrote:
>> 
>>> 
>>> Michael Barton wrote:
>>> 
>>>> It appears that r.mapcalc is NOT working. We get an error with even the
>>>> simplest of mapcalc statements. Javi will send the error message tonight or
>>>> tomorrow, but it is a red herring IMHO, stating that it is missing an "=".
>>>> We have the same error if we run r.mapcalc via the TclTk interface
>>>> (r.mapcalculator) or run it from the console command line. Other commands
>>>> work find from the console command line. This is *critical*, of course, as
>>>> r.mapcalc is very important to GRASS analysis and map management.
>>> 
>>> FWIW, the only r.mapcalc files which have changed in the last three
>>> months are:
>>> 
>>> Makefile
>>> map3.c
>>> r.mapcalc.html
>>> r3.mapcalc.html
>>> 
>>> The Makefile changes were part of the parallel build effort, and don't
>>> change what is compiled or which switches are used. The map3.c changes
>>> are just standardisation of messages, and only affect r3.mapcalc.
>>> 
>>> I presume that this is related to your local environment; otherwise, I
>>> would expect to see other people reporting it.
>> 
>> Unfortunately, not many people testing new WinGRASS alpha builds yet I fear.
>> 
>> I did some more tests this morning, this time on my Mac and may have
>> discovered the cause of the error.
>> 
>> For the current WinGRASS binary, it is necessary to use the command console
>> for command-line use of GRASS.
>> 
>> We received an error with the following simple mapcalc statements
>> 
>> r.mapcalc 'frict=1'
>> r.mapcalc 'test=pendiente*2'
>> 
>> It turns out that you cannot use single quotes in this context. You need to
>> use regular quotes. So the way to specify the same mapcalc statements from
>> the GUI command console is...
>> 
>> r.mapcalc "frict=1"
>> r.mapcalc "test=pendiente*2"
>> 
>> I thought we had tried double quotes too, but maybe we didn't. I'll wait for
>> Javi to check email and test. The worrisome thing is that we initially used
>> the GUI map calculator from the menu and got an error. I tried it this
>> morning on my Mac and did not get an error.
>> 
>> Michael
>> 
>> 
>> __________________________________________
>> Michael Barton, Professor of Anthropology
>> Director of Graduate Studies
>> School of Human Evolution & Social Change
>> Center for Social Dynamics & Complexity
>> Arizona State University
>> 
>> phone: 480-965-6213
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>> 
>> 
>> 
> 
> 
> 

__________________________________________
Michael Barton, Professor of Anthropology
Director of Graduate Studies
School of Human Evolution & Social Change
Center for Social Dynamics & Complexity
Arizona State University

phone: 480-965-6213
fax: 480-965-7671
www: http://www.public.asu.edu/~cmbarton