Re: ERROR: type " " does not exist

On Mon, Jun 12, 2017 at 4:28 PM, David G. Johnston <
david(dot)g(dot)johnston(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:

> On Mon, Jun 12, 2017 at 1:03 PM, Alexander Farber <
> alexander(dot)farber(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
>
>> ERROR: type " " does not exist at character 149
>>
>
> ​Nothing shown would explain what you are seeing. Of course, white-space
> issues are really hard to communicate via email.
>
> As a brute-force suggestion I'd say you want to re-write the function one
> statement at a time to confirm that, one, you are indeed calling the
> correct function body, and, two figure out the exact statement that is
> problematic. I'd do this via copy-paste until the problem statement
> appears then I'd re-type in the problem statement by hand.
>
> There are probably more efficient ways to do all this but given a lack of
> experience and a relatively small function I'd spend more effort trying to
> figure out a better way than just doing it brute force.
>
> David J.
>
>

*You did not state the O/S you are using, but if it's LINUX, just use vi
and do a "set list".*

*That should reveal any strange characters that might be the cause,*

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