[gmx-users] g_select / Input error or input inconsistency

[Justin A. Lemkul]

leila karami wrote:
> Dear Justin
> 
> I made new .ndx file in which there are following groups:
> 
> protein
> protein-H
> DNA
> DNA-H
> SOL
> 
> I changed selection.dat file to
> 
> waterO = group SOL and name OW;
> heavy1 = group Protein-H;
> heavy2 = group DNA-H;
> inter = waterO and within 0.3 of heavy1 and within 0.3 of heavy2;
> inter;
> 
> but again I encountered same error:
> 
> selection parser: syntax error
>  heavy1 = group Protein-H'selection '
> 

You have to enclose the group name in quotes if it contains a symbol like '-' 
which, I think, is otherwise interpreted as subtraction.

-Justin

> -------------------------------------------------------
> Program g_select, VERSION 4.5.1
> Source code file: trajana.c, line: 1310
> 
> Input error or input inconsistency:
> selection(s) could not be parsed
> For more information and tips for troubleshooting, please check the GROMACS
> website at http://www.gromacs.org/Documentation/Errors
> 

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Justin A. Lemkul
Ph.D. Candidate
ICTAS Doctoral Scholar
MILES-IGERT Trainee
Department of Biochemistry
Virginia Tech
Blacksburg, VA
jalemkul[at]vt.edu | (540) 231-9080
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