Simulator 16 User Guide - PowerWorld

Data List for Display Auxiliary File
After the data argument list is completed, the Data list is given. The data section lists the values of the
fields for each object in the order specified in list_of_fields. The data section begins with a left curly
brace and ends with a right curly brace. A few points of interest regarding the value_list:
The value_list may take up several lines of the text file.
Each new data object must start on its own line of text.
When encountering the PowerWorld comment string ‘//’ in one of these lines of the text file, all
text to the right of this is ignored.
Blank lines, or lines whose first characters are ‘//’ will be ignored as comments.
Remember that the right curly brace must appear on its own line at the end of the data_list.
If the file_type_specifier is CSV, the values should be separated by commas. Otherwise,
separate the field names using spaces.
Strings can be enclosed in double quotes, but this is not required. You should however always
enclose strings that contain spaces (or commas) in quotes. Otherwise, strings containing commas
would cause errors for comma-delimited files, and spaces would cause errors for space-delimited
formatted files.
A string in the format &[ModelExpressionName]:[#digits]:[#decimals] will be treated as though
the value of the named model expression is entered in the field, with [#digits] total and
[#decimals] digits to the right of the decimal point. This format may be used in case information
displays as well as in AUX files.
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