Syntax error
Missing )
Blank line
Unknown command
Bad data format
Could not open file
Not a column
Bad value
Missing value
Mathematical error in
The syntax for a command, calculation or condition is incorrect.
Check what you have typed in carefully and try again. Note that this error is sometimes produced by specifying a column number higher than the actual number of columns in your data table. The other likely possibility is that the rules for correctly naming columns, variables and macros have not been observed and the parser has therefore become confused.
A right parenthesis is missing from a calculation or condition, or possibly some other syntax error has occurred.
Check what you have typed in carefully and try again.
A condition or other parameter is expected but has not been entered, or begins incorrectly so is not recognised
Check what you have typed in carefully and try again.
The letters you have typed at the "Enter command - " prompt do not match any of the commands available.
Check what you have typed in carefully against the list of commands displayed by entering HELP and try again.
EASISTAT could not read a data file properly. Probably one of the data columns appears wider than the maximum permitted width of 12 characters.
Make sure that you have not tried to read in a command file or something by mistake. Check the format of the data file using a text editor.
The file named could not be opened for reading or writing.
Check you have given the correct name for the file, and make sure that you have also supplied the correct drive name and subdirectory if necessary (eg A:\ESTAT\FIXED.DAT). You can check the names of files in the directory by entering SYSTEM DIR.
A command or condition was expecting the name of a column. It may be that you wanted to select an option or row instead, in which case you have not specified them correctly.
Check what you have typed in carefully and try again.
The value you have entered is not in the legal range.
Check what you have typed in carefully and try again.
The command was expecting more values than you typed in.
Start the command again.
The program has tried to perform a calculation which is nonsensical, like taking the log of a negative number.
Check what you have asked EASISTAT to do. You may have given it such a calculation directly, or it may have arisen e.g. because one whole column of a chi-squared table has zero values in every cell. If you cannot see any reason for the error then it may possibly be due to a bug in the program. If you think this may be the case then please inform us (see the section titled "Bugs and crashes" below).