Troubleshooting
Problem
When reading a text file (.txt, .dat, .csv, etc) a warning is produced stating an unexpected or invalid character was found.
Symptom
The following warning is generated during text import.
>Warning. Command name: EXECUTE
>(2279) An unexpected/invalid character was encountered in case 1, at or
>around position 5. This character was skipped.
The invalid characters are essentially skipped. This should not result in a mis-read file, but it is a good idea to manually inspect the file for damage.
[{"Product":{"code":"SSLVMB","label":"IBM SPSS Statistics"},"Business Unit":{"code":"BU048","label":"IBM Software"},"Component":"Statistics Desktop","Platform":[{"code":"PF033","label":"Windows"},{"code":"PF014","label":"iOS"},{"code":"PF016","label":"Linux"}],"Version":"19.0","Edition":"","Line of Business":{"code":"LOB76","label":"Data Platform"}}]
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Document Information
Modified date:
16 June 2018
UID
swg21512125