title: Scilab - Missing operator, comma or semicolon - error 276
body: <p>I'm trying to read an ASCII data file in Scilab 5.4.1 and I get the following error
  message:</p>
  
  <pre><code>x=read('g:\Work\WD\Debug\wd.txt',100,4,(5x,a2,3(5x,e12.4)))
                                        !--error 276 
  Falta operador, coma o punto y coma.
  (Missing operator, comma or semicolon.)
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I've read the Scilab help about the 'read' command, and I've googled about this error
  message, but I've not found anything useful. The error seems no to be in the ASCII data
  file, because I can open it with:</p>
  
  <pre><code>wd=mopen('g:\Work\WD\Debug\wd.txt','r',1)
  wd  =
  
  1.  
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>but when I try reading this file I get again the same error message:</p>
  
  <pre><code>x=read(1,100,4,(5x,a2,3(5x,e12.4)))
                   !--error 276 
  Falta operador, coma o punto y coma.
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I must say I'm new in Scilab, and surely I'm doing something wrong, but don't know
  what. Help will be welcome.</p>