The problem is in the option specification within
the -syntax- call
groups(int 10)
as an option which is compulsory cannot have a default!
Nick
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Richard Williams
> At 10:08 AM 7/19/2006, n j cox wrote:
> >Dirk Nachbar sent the following program (wrapped up in mailjunk,
> >despite both public and private requests sent previously not
> to do this):
> >
> >1. Using -set trace on- would show you where there was a problem.
>
> Good list by Nick. I'll add that when I ran the program, I got
> error(197) which means there is an error in the syntax statement
> itself. -set trace on- (perhaps accompanied by a -set tracedepth-
> command) is good advice for any such problem. If going to the list
> it also helps to provide a specific example, e.g. use the auto data.
> At least give the exact error message - error(197) is far more
> informative than error(198).
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