Re: Problem to search

[Alan Mead]

Domingo,

I don't think the devs (other than Harry) use Windows, so if we find a
bug in the Windows version of PSPP, it's important for us to file a bug
report. I could file a bug report for you, but then if it gets fixed I'd
need to be able to test it and the bug you found with non-ASCII
characters in the filepath is not something I can easily test.

Here is information to file a bug:
https://www.gnu.org/software/pspp/manual/html_node/Bugs.html

I count three bugs you've found that should be filed:

1. Apparently, PSPP on Windows cannot handle non-ASCII characters. It
reports that the file doesn't exist.

2. The data import wizard is not checking error codes or otherwise
manages to move past a "file not found" error to the next step, which
cannot possibly work.

3. Searching for a value in a dataset doesn't seem to work. This bug is
lower priority because John has already improved this code, so he's
going to be more interested on bug reports on 1.4.0. But I think it
affects strings, so there's definitely a chance that it's still a bug in
1.4.0; I think it's worth filing a bug.

-Alan


On 8/24/2020 12:39 AM, Domingo J Rubira López wrote:
> I have tried several times with different values and variables with no
> results. It does nothing.
>
> How can I upgrade to 1.4.0 version? I didn't find it. Must I uninstall mine
> first? I have a 64 b windows 10 system.
>
> Thank you for your help.
>
> El lun., 24 ago. 2020 a las 6:46, John Darrington (<
> john@darrington.wattle.id.au>) escribió:
>
>> I suspect the problem is that you have no value which is exactly equal to
>> 82
>> in your dataset.   Perhaps you have 82.0000000000001 or 81.999999999999998,
>> either of which might display as "82" dependening on the number of decimals
>> defined fro the variable.
>>
>> If you upgrade to pspp version 1.4.0 you might find it easier, since the
>> find algorithm has been changed for numeric values, such that it considers
>> only the number of decimals for which the variable has been defined.
>>
>> J'
>>
>> On Sun, Aug 23, 2020 at 10:30:25PM +0200, Domingo J Rubira L??pez wrote:
>>      GNU pspp 1.2.0-g0fb4db
>>
>>      In 64 bits Windows 10.
>>
>>      Thanks
>>
>>      El dom., 23 ago. 2020 a las 21:56, John Darrington (<
>>      john@darrington.wattle.id.au>) escribi??:
>>
>>      > Which version are you using?
>>      >
>>      > J'
>>      >
>>      > On Sun, Aug 23, 2020 at 07:55:49PM +0200, Domingo J Rubira L??pez
>> wrote:
>>      >      Hello PSPPers!
>>      >
>>      >      I am trying to use the window searcher to find values in cases.
>>      >      I think I can't do it, I don't know or it doesn't work
>> properly. I am
>>      > sure
>>      >      it is me.
>>      >      In my next example (as you can see in the screenshot), I would
>> like to
>>      >      search a case with the value 82 in the EDAD variable. I press
>> Busca
>>      > (Search
>>      >      into Spanish) but it does nothing.It stays in the same window
>> without
>>      >      movement. Must I do anything else? What is wrong with me?
>>      >
>>      >      Thank you a lot.
>>      >      Domingo
>>      >
>>      >      [image: image.png]
>>      >
>>      >
>>      >
>>

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