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[garciap]

Hi to all,

I am trying to use MARK to estimate population size of some semi-aquatic carnivores. Well, maybe not to estimate density but at least to account for uncomplete detection, and therefore to test the reliability of the method used.

I think it sounds very stupid (of course!), but I am unable to build an .inp file! My notepad did not save my results with that extension. How can I get this .inp filetype?

Many thanks!

Pablo

[cooch]

Hi to all,

I am trying to use MARK to estimate population size of some semi-aquatic carnivores. Well, maybe not to estimate density but at least to account for uncomplete detection, and therefore to test the reliability of the method used.

I think it sounds very stupid (of course!), but I am unable to build an .inp file! My notepad did not save my results with that extension. How can I get this .inp filetype?

Many thanks!

Pablo

This is a fairly frequently asked question - see

viewtopic.php?t=741&highlight=txt

There are also a number of other posts related to the subject - easily found if you use the search engine.

[bacollier]

Do your homework, this has been asked and answered many times. I think Chapter 2 addresses some of this. Also, a quick search for "creating .inp files" on this board would have got you quite a few topic hits, like this this thread.

viewtopic.php?f=2&t=1088&p=2923&hilit=creating+.inp+files#p2923

But, if you insist on using notepad.exe (which is an abomination), change the "Save as type" box to "all files" instead of text documents. Then, when you type in whatever you want to name your datafile, add .inp to the end

File name: MyDataFile.inp
Save as type: All Files

Bret

[garciap]

Really many thanks for your answers, but let me tell you that I searched for that terms in the "search" buttom of the forum but I get no topics, so I ask. I am not so stupid and I had done my homework.

[cooch]

Really many thanks for your answers, but let me tell you that I searched for that terms in the "search" buttom of the forum but I get no topics, so I ask. I am not so stupid and I had done my homework.

Suggestion for next time - simply point out in your post that you searched. Many first-time posters to the forum do not, so often replies reflect that experience (and thus contain suggestions that you try searching).

Now, having said that, good opportunity to remind everyone of a few things about searching:

1/ the basic search is very good, but the advanced search is even better - you can restrict your searches to particular forums or subforums (I've just tweaked things which I think will make it easier to specify the correct subset of the board to search - thanks to Dave Hewitt for reminding me of this issue).

2/ I've set up the search back-end to allow exact phrase matching, with booleans. In fact, this is mentioned as the last item of the 'tips & tricks' subforum, but I suspect most people weren't aware of it. With exact phrase matching, and a little trial and error, you can pretty well find what you're after for most problems, including the one at hand (I think I found the cited thread on my second try). It is probably well worth folks spending some time playing around with the search engine - as the board gets bigger (i.e., more users, more questions posted), the search engine - and user ability to use it - takes on more importance.

3/ I'm toying with adding a 'keyword' feature, much like some journals ask you to do when you submit a paper. It will help improve the efficiency, and successful match rate, of the search engine. I've resisted so far because we'd need some system to synonimize choices of keywords (for example, which of the 15 or so euphemisms for input file that I can think of should I/we use as a key word?). Some day...