Can't open the idf file because of loose semicolon

[Xie Xie]

Here is the error:

Sorry...the Euclid extension has encountered an error. This error may cause unpredictable behavior in the extension--continue this session with caution! It would probably be a good idea to exit SketchUp and start again. (I exit SketchUp and start again and again, but this error is still there.)

ERROR:
NoMethodError
undefined method `upcase' for nil:NilClass

BACKTRACE:
/Users/xiexie/Library/Application Support/SketchUp 2017/SketchUp/Plugins/euclid/lib/legacy_openstudio/lib/inputfile/InputObject.rb:122:in `new_from_idf'
/Users/xiexie/Library/Application Support/SketchUp 2017/SketchUp/Plugins/euclid/lib/legacy_openstudio/lib/inputfile/InputFile.rb:303:in `read_file'
/Users/xiexie/Library/Application Support/SketchUp 2017/SketchUp/Plugins/euclid/lib/legacy_openstudio/lib/inputfile/InputFile.rb:73:in `merge'
/Users/xiexie/Library/Application Support/SketchUp 2017/SketchUp/Plugins/euclid/lib/legacy_openstudio/lib/inputfile/InputFile.rb:52:in `open'
/Users/xiexie/Library/Application Support/SketchUp 2017/SketchUp/Plugins/euclid/lib/legacy_openstudio/lib/inputfile/InputFile.rb:18:in `open'
/Users/xiexie/Library/Application Support/SketchUp 2017/SketchUp/Plugins/euclid/lib/legacy_openstudio/lib/ModelManager.rb:178:in `open_input_file'
/Users/xiexie/Library/Application Support/SketchUp 2017/SketchUp/Plugins/euclid/lib/legacy_openstudio/lib/CommandManager.rb:70:in `open_input_file'
/Users/xiexie/Library/Application Support/SketchUp 2017/SketchUp/Plugins/euclid/lib/legacy_openstudio/lib/MenuManager.rb:76:in `block in create_commands'
SketchUp:1:in `call'

CONFIGURATION:
Euclid 0.9.2
SketchUp 17.2.2554 64-bit
Ruby 2.2.4 x86_64-darwin14

Thank you!! Xie

[Peter Ellis]

The cause of the error is that the input file has several "loose" semicolons--a semicolon on a line by itself without the rest of an IDF object. The parser in Euclid is not expecting such a thing and crashes. (I'm not sure but EnergyPlus might also give an error.)

The workaround while the bug is being fixed is to just remove all the loose semicolons.

NOTE: This is also an enormous input file so I am going to edit the bug report and attach a smaller file that exhibits the problem.

[Xie Xie]

Sooo sweet. Thank you Peter!

[Peter Ellis]

Fixed with commit 1024a53 in version 0.9.4.

[adham elmalky]

Please Mr Peter can you tell what exactly to do to solve this problem ?

[Peter Ellis]

The bug has already been fixed for the next release (which is coming soon). But in the meantime you can manually fix your input file by opening it in a text editor and searching for a semicolon on a line by itself, or two semicolons in a row, possibly something like this:

value,  !- Field 22
value;;  !- Field 23

or this:

value,  !- Field 22
value;  !- Field 23
;