ERROR-- Encounter history must consist of only '10'

[Bel22]

Hello, I am new to the use of MARK. At the moment I am still working through the, very helpful(!), Guide.
I have tried running one of the simple CJS models with my own data, and I keep running into the same error-message:

ERROR- Encounter histroy must consist of only these characters: '10'


However, my data is already structures like the examples recommend:

/*1*/010000 1;
/*2*/010000 1;
/*3*/100000 1;
/*4*/010000 1;
etc.

Does it mean that I have to delete the first part which defines the specific sample number (/*1*/)?

Any help will be greatly appreciated

[cooch]

Hello, I am new to the use of MARK. At the moment I am still working through the, very helpful(!), Guide.
I have tried running one of the simple CJS models with my own data, and I keep running into the same error-message:

ERROR- Encounter histroy must consist of only these characters: '10'


However, my data is already structures like the examples recommend:

/*1*/010000 1;
/*2*/010000 1;
/*3*/100000 1;
/*4*/010000 1;
etc.

Does it mean that I have to delete the first part which defines the specific sample number (/*1*/)?

Any help will be greatly appreciated

There are any number of possible issues, but try the following:

1\ put a space between the final front slash and the first element of the encounter history.

/*1*/ 010000 1;
/*2*/ 010000 1;
/*3*/ 100000 1;
/*4*/ 010000 1;

2\ make sure every line ends with a semi-colon

3\ double-check that your encounter history uses 0 (zero) and not O (capital o)

4\ edit your file with a 'real editor' (i.e, not Word), and save it from said editor. Word can often do things to files that will lead to problems.

[Bel22]

Alright, thank you very much!

I will try those options first.