Extra control variables at the "Extra specifications" prompt |
Winsteps expects to find the control variables in your control file. You may, however, specify one or more control variables on the "Extra specifications" line. These variables supersede instructions in the control file. This is useful for making temporary changes to the control variables. There are special rules for blanks (see Example 3). You can turn off the Extra Specifications prompt from the Edit Initial Settings menu.
Example 0: You want to verify that your data is correctly formatted, so you only want to do one JMLE iteration this time, i.e., you want to set MJMLE=1 for this run only:
Please enter name of Winsteps control file: SF.TXT(Enter)
Please enter name of report output file: SFO.TXT(Enter)
Extra specifications (if any). Press Enter to analyze:
MJMLE=1(Enter)
Note:
Extra specifications? (e.g., MJMLE=1), or press Enter:
MJMLE = 1(Enter)
is invalid because there are blanks in MJMLE = 1.
Example 1: Use commas , instead of blanks as separators within a command:
Extra specifications (if any). Press Enter to analyze:
idelete=10,13,14-17 pdelete=14,6-18,+13
Example 2: You want to produce the fit plot in Table 4 with specially chosen ranges on the axes:
Please enter name of Winsteps control file: SF.TXT(Enter)
Please enter name of report output file: SFO.TXT(Enter)
Extra specifications? (e.g., MJMLE=1), or press Enter:
TABLES=0001 MRANGE=3 FRANGE=4(Enter)
Example 3: To put blanks in an Extra Specification. Put the whole specification within " " (double quotes). Put the argument within ' ' (single quotes). E.g., You want the title TITLE= to be: Analysis B, and UMEAN=50.
Please enter name of Winsteps control file: SF.TXT(Enter)
Please enter name of report output file: SFO.TXT(Enter)
Extra specifications? (e.g., MJMLE=1), or press Enter:
"Title = 'Analysis B' " UMEAN=50
Example 4: Sub-lists.
In the Control file:
ISGROUPS=*
1-32 A
33-64 B
65-98 C
99-110 D
*
At the Extra specifications prompt: Use a comma , instead of a blank for the internal separator. Use a blank for the end-of-line separator.
ISGROUPS=* 1-32,A 33-64,B 65-98,C 99-110,D *
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