Hi Rebekah,
I think the issue is the dot after "15" in your title. It thinks
everything after the first dot is the extension. If you change this to
some other character, I expect the problem will go away.
With best wishes, Len Thomas
On 28/04/2023 12:36, Rebekah Karimi wrote:
> Dear Eric,
>
> Thank you for your quick response. I am able to upload the txt files
> from the online course, and twice before I have been able to upload my
> dataset, but there were problems with it (some lines had replicated and
> it wasn't organized properly) which I wanted to fix in the Master copy.
> After making those corrections, and changing the order so that the data
> is stratified properly, I saved again as a txt file and for the last 2
> days, I just keep getting this error:
> image.png
> I really am confused because I have played with all the file extensions
> listed in the error and I cannot figure out the Carriage-Line issue. I
> have read through all the relevant chapters of the users manual and am
> on the verge of purchasing Text pad, but I just can't figure out why it
> worked twice and now I have done the same thing and it isn't working
> anymore.
>
> On Fri, Apr 28, 2023 at 1:57 PM Eric Rexstad
> <
Eric.R...@st-andrews.ac.uk <mailto:
Eric.R...@st-andrews.ac.uk>>
> wrote:
>
> Rebekah
>
> Welcome to the list. We need to distinguish between whether you a)
> cannot import any file into DISTANCE or b) whether you cannot import
> your >4000 record data file.
>
> The import process tends to be pretty slow, because there is data
> checking happening during the import; so it is possible that the
> import is actually happening, albeit slowly.
>
> The first thing I would try to differentiate a) from b) is to import
> a small file. In Chapter 6 of the online course,
>
https://workshops.distancesampling.org/online-course/syllabus/Chapter6/ <
https://workshops.distancesampling.org/online-course/syllabus/Chapter6/>
> there is a video by Prof Thomas discussing the data import process
> and some sample .txt files to download and practice with.
>
> In addition, there are example txt files in the Sample Projects
> folder that ships with DISTANCE for you to practice upon.
>
>
> Step one of the diagnosis is to report your success or failure with
> these experiments.
>
> Moving back to your large data file, then please explain what
> happens when you attempt to import that file. Does the progress bar
> for the import tick along, or at what point toes the failure occur?
>
> Once we know these things we can move forward with the diagnosis.
>
> <mailto:
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> Karimi <
rebekah...@gmail.com <mailto:
rebekah...@gmail.com>>
> *Sent:* 28 April 2023 11:43
> *Subject:* [distance-sampling] Trouble uploading data
> Hi All,
>
> This seems like a very silly problem to have, but I am new to
> DISTANCE, taking the online course now. I have a large data set
> (>4000 rows) of wildlife data and I cannot seem to get it uploaded
> onto DISTANCE using the data import wizard. I have tried saving the
> Excel file to CSV, to TXT tab delimited, and all of the other
> extensions mentioned, but DISTANCE fails to recognize the extension.
> I have tried uninstalling DISTANCE and reinstalling it, rebooting
> the computer, even starting from scratch with my Master copy making
> all the changed over again. Has anyone had this problem before or
> have any advice?
>
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