[SI-LIST] Re: HSPICE **error**: unknown data card:

I've seen the "missing quote in string" warning frequently, but it was
always harmless.  It happens when a line (or "card" in SPICE parlance) has
one quote mark but is missing the second one.  Since quoted strings can't
span multiple lines, HSPICE knows what to do (the end of the line is the end
of the string) and tells you about it.  That's all.

The real problems are the two "data card" errors.  Something in the combined
SPICE file is apparently confusing HSpice and it doesn't know what to do; it
sees something that it interprets as a line of data (rather than a SPICE
directive) but can't figure it out.  Look closely in the vicinity of those
errors in the output listing that contains the full "readback" of your input
deck.  Check a few lines up in your deck from where the errors appear.
(Many SPICE input typos aren't flagged until a few lines later, because it
needs to read the next line to see if it is the start of a new command or a
continuation of the one that had the typo.)

Make sure your input deck (file) has exactly one .END statement, and nothing
after it.  Also check that every subcircuit has a matching .ENDS line.

If either file alone had continuation lines, make sure you didn't interrupt
anything when you combined them.

It's also possible that you inadvertently split a line, causing the "missing
quote in string" warning, and also making HSpice think the part that got
wrapped is a data card.

Regards,
Andy


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