The format template is !%s %s %s %s %s %s

The first string is the path to an .exe file to import, the second string is
the path to a data file, and the next four strings are parameter names.

An example of a parameter name that won't work is "BTempDiff (3.7-11um)"

Do I have to get rid of the parentheses ?

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Date: Wed, 27 Dec 2000 23:00:48 -0700
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From: David Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: [opendx-users] Format module
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I believe it is going to be 'sh'. Can you give an example of what
your format string is?

David

>You are right, Format does fine, and it probably is a shell error (in message
>window, in bold type whereas other dx messages and warnings are in reg. type -
>"sh: syntax error at line 1: '{' unexpected". The barfing does not
>happen until
>Import.
>
>So what "shell" am I in and how do I fix this.
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Date: Thu, 21 Dec 2000 13:05:30 -0500
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From: Chris Pelkie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: [opendx-users] Format module
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>I have a list of strings which I am formatting using !%s %s %s.... The strings
>are parameter (and file) names obtained from Selectors. I then import an
>external C program using the formatted statement. The problem is there are
>parentheses in many of the parameter names, and the format module will
>barf for
>these cases. How can I format these names to overlook the () ?
>
>Is this a dx issue or merely a standard programming (I always did hate format
>statements !) thing.
>
>Regards,
>Sharon

It's definitely an error from Format? or from the shell? I just hooked up
two String interactors to Format with template "%s %s", both strings are
"(test)" (no quotes of course) and Echo. Outputs "(test)(test)" as
expected. No errors. OpenDX 4.1.0 on SGI 6.5.

Chris Pelkie
Vice President/Scientific Visualization Producer
Conceptual Reality Presentations, Inc.
30 West Meadow Drive
Ithaca, NY 14850
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