Dear WinBUGS users, I always used S-Plus 2000 to create WinBUGS input data and initial values files using the "dput()" function. For example, > dput(list(Y=seq(1,10), X=matrix(seq(1,9), 3,3)), file="c:/temp/try2.q") This would result in a file shown below: list(Y=c(1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10), X=structure(.Data = c(1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9), .Dim = c(3, 3))) However, if I do the same under S-Plus 6 for Windows, the resulting input data file is: list(Y=c(1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10), X=matrix(c(1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9), nrow = 3, ncol = 3)) and WinBUGS won't take it. Is there an alternative other than returning to S-Plus 2000? Thanks in advance. Song Qian ------------------------------------------------------------------- This list is for discussion of modelling issues and the BUGS software. For help with crashes and error messages, first mail [log in to unmask] To mail the BUGS list, mail to [log in to unmask] Before mailing, please check the archive at www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/bugs.html Please do not mail attachments to the list. To leave the BUGS list, send LEAVE BUGS to [log in to unmask] If this fails, mail [log in to unmask], NOT the whole list