Error Message Cause
INVALID FILE NUMBER The file number 0 was specified for a
)LOAD, )SAVE, )CONT, )DROP,
)COPY or )PCOPY command.
An attempt was made to open a data
file, but the file number was not valid.
INVALID OPERATION An invalid tape inputloutput operation
was attempted. This message is followed
by an INTERRUPT error message.
INVALID PARAMETER A keying error was made or an incorrect
parameter was specified when entering
the information required to open a data
file or specifying printer output.
A keying error was made when entering
the parameters for a system command.
LENGTH ERROR
LINE TOO LONG
NONCE
NOT COPIED: names
The shapes of the two arguments are
not valid for the function indicated by
the caret (A 1.
An attempt was made to edit a statement
(in a user-defined function) that is greater
than 1 15 characters.
An attempt was made to save a work-
space that contained a user-defined func-
tion with a statement having more than
11 5 characters. In this case, the error
message is preceded by the function name
and the statement number that caused
the error.
An I-beam function was used. These
functions are not used in the 5100 APL
system.
A )PCOPY was issued, but each object
named in the message was not copied.
The active workspace already contained
a global object with the same name.
User’s Response
Reenter the command specifying the
correct file number .
Use the )LIB command to find the correct
file number. Then reenter the information
required to open the data file.
Check the file open information to make
sure the data file was opened correctly
or make sure you are using the shared
variable correctly.
Enter the file open information or system
command again, correcting the keying
errors.
Make sure the arguments are valid for the
function. Then reshape (restructure) the
arguments.
Break the statement up into two state-
ments or use the OCR and OFX functions
to edit the statement.
Use the OCR function to make the user-
defined function a matrix; then save the
workspace on tape.
Do not use the I-beam functions.
Issue a )COPY command if the named
objects should be copied.
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Error Message Cause User’s Response
NOT FOUND: names A )ERASE command was issued, but
the global objects named in the message
were not found in the active workspace.
A )COPY or )PCOPY command was
issued, but the specified global object
does not exist in the specified workspace.
NOT SAVED, THIS WS A )SAVE command was issued but the
stored workspace ID is not the same as
the active workspace ID.
IS workspace ID
NOT WITH OPEN DEVICE An attempt was made to issue a system
command or open a file on a tape unit
that is already being used for input/out-
put operations.
A )OUTSEL command was issued, but
printer output has been specified for a
shared variable.
NOT WITH SYSTEM An attempt was made to do an opera-
tion other than )CLEAR after a
SYSTEM ERROR occurred.
ERROR
NOT WITH SUSPENDED An attempt was made to do a )SAVE,
)COPY, or )PCOPY operation and the
active workspace contains a suspended
function.
FUNCTION
RANK ERROR An attempt was made to use a function
that requires the rank of the arguments
to conform, but they do not. For
example, a function requires the rank
of the arguments to be the same, but
they are not.
Reissue the command using the correct
object names.
Reissue the command using the correct
object name or stored workspace.
Use the correct ID or change identifica-
tion of the active workspace, using the
)WSID command; then reissue the )SAVE
command.
Close the data file or wait until the input/
output operation is complete before
issuing the command or the file open
information again.
Retract the printer shared variable.
(see SYSTEM ERROR)
Clear the suspended function by using
+ (right arrow).
An attempt was made to use an argument
whose rank is too large for the operation.
Make sure the arguments are valid. Then
reshape (restructure) the arguments so that
i they have the correct rank (ppA).
The number of semicolons in the index
does not equal the rank minus 1.
Use the correct number of semicolons.
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