[R] Package x12 (X-12-ARIMA Seasonal Adjustment Program)

[Isidro Hidalgo]

Hi:

I use R 2.15.0 and RStudio 0.95.265. Platform: Windows 7 - 32b

When I predict some series with the x12 package (Version Number 0.3  Build
192) with the code...

	forec <- x12(serie, x12path="D:/WinX12/X12a/x12a.exe", decimals=5,
automdlT, outlier="all")

... where "serie" is this "ts object":

	> serie

		Jan		Feb		Mar		Apr
May		Jun		Jul		Aug		Sep
Oct		Nov		Dec
	2001	131140.0	131509.0	131945.0	132353.0
132963.0	133189.0	133403.0	133346.0	132881.0
133197.0	133477.0	133477.0
	2002	132819.0	133184.0	133631.0	134256.0
134788.0	134971.0	135252.0	135401.0	135332.0
135461.0	135752.0	135946.0
	2003	135620.0	136149.0	136691.0	137537.0
137977.0	138501.0	138877.0	139257.0	139258.0
139666.0	140276.0	140409.0
	2004	140241.9	140651.3	141517.4	142292.9
143069.8	143740.2	144228.1	144578.4	144679.5
144962.9	145591.7	145994.4
	2005	146076.0	146480.1	147183.0	147838.0
148422.0	148975.0	149348.0	149592.0	149601.0
149876.0	150332.0	150678.0
	2006	150665.0	151170.0	151798.0	152500.0
153155.0	153744.0	154249.0	154395.0	154502.0
154927.0	155507.0	156022.0
	2007	156140.0	156990.0	158079.0	158969.0
159785.0	160783.0	161537.0	162000.0	162429.0
163162.0	163856.0	164157.0
	2008	163951.0	164030.0	164578.0	164573.0
164457.0	164260.0	163928.3	163235.0	162539.8
161696.4	160586.3	159530.9
	2009	157958.2	156731.6	155827.9	154870.5
154228.1	153944.4	153458.0	152778.0	152087.1
151274.0	150904.2	150583.6
	2010	149795.7	149122.9	149014.7	149126.0
149313.5	149579.7	149609.9	149251.8	148872.4
148593.5	148287.8	147909.1
	2011	147286.4	146645.9	146910.8	147073.5
147544.4	147826.4	147736.9	147250.0	146904.9
146512.2	146132.2	145651.1
	2012	144144.3	144020.5	144150.6	144386.9
144690.3	144916.7	144940.5	144416.7	143941.8
143685.0

...the process aborts with this error:

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D:\Users\ihidalgo\Documents\R>md gra

D:\Users\ihidalgo\Documents\R>D:\WinX12\X12a\x12a.exe Rout -g gra

X-12-ARIMA Seasonal Adjustment Program

Version Number 0.3  Build 192

Execution began Nov 28, 2012  11.05.40

 Reading input spec file from Rout.spc

Storing any program output into Rout.out

Storing any program error messages into Rout.err

ERROR: Input record longer than limit : 133

Line    6:  start=2001.1

            ^

ERROR:  Expected an real number not ""

Program error(s) halt execution for Rout.spc

Check error file Rout.err

     Error messages generated from processing the X-12-ARIMA spec file

     Rout.spc:

Error en readx12Out(file, freq_series = frequency(tso), start_series
start(tso),  :

  Error! No proper run of x12! Check your parameter settings.
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Any ideas about this problem?

Thanks in advance and best regards.


Isidro Hidalgo Arellano
Observatorio Regional de Empleo
ihidalgo at jccm.es