Date:         Tue, 29 Jan 2008 18:02:45 -0500
Reply-To:     Sam Ballard <sballard@SDCCD.EDU>
Sender:       "SPSSX(r) Discussion" <SPSSX-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
From:         Sam Ballard <sballard@SDCCD.EDU>
Subject:      Strange Error Message

Dear Listserve,

I'm processing a DAT file and I'm getting the error below. The case that
the error references appears to be blank in the raw file. I guess it is
possible there is a ghost character in the cell.

Has anyone encountered this problem?
Does anyone have a solution?
Why would the software insert an exclamation point?


>Warning # 1158
>An invalid character was encountered in a field read under an A format.
In
>double-byte data such as Japanese, Chinese, or Korean text, this could be
>caused by a single character being split between two fields.  The
character
>will be treated as an exclamation point.

>Command line: 14049  Current case: 1026  Current splitfile group: 1
>Field contents: '!!!!!'
>Record number: 1026  Starting column: 240  Record length: 8192

Thanks,

Sam Ballard
SDCCD
sballard@sdccd.edu

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