# Errors on Smets-Wouters MoDEL **URL:** \ **Category:** Dynare help (legacy posts)\ **Created:** [9 December 2008 04:02 UTC](https://forum.dynare.org/t/errors-on-smets-wouters-model/880 "2008-12-09T04:02:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![sunrain](https://forum.dynare.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/779978/32.png) [@sunrain](https://forum.dynare.org/u/sunrain)\ **Post date:** [9 December 2008 04:02 UTC](https://forum.dynare.org/t/errors-on-smets-wouters-model/880/1 "2008-12-09T04:02:11Z")
Dear All, As a beginner, I’m trying to operate linear Smets-Wouter model with dynare 4.01 on matlab 2007a; I got following messages: dynare sw Configuring Dynare … [mex] Generalized QZ. [mex] Sylvester equation solution. [mex] Kronecker products. [mex] Sparse kronecker products. Starting Dynare … Starting preprocessing of the model file … ERROR: sw.mod:12.0-1: syntax error, unexpected NAME ??? Error using ==\> dynare at 96 DYNARE: preprocessing failed I checked my code detailed, but could not find any unexpected name. Could anyone provide helps? Thanks! See attached code Lukas [sw.mod](https://forum.dynare.org/uploads/default/original/1X/715fe3f86188b56876bbcf8689efd9168abf4fa0.mod) (2.13 KB) ---
**Author:** ![p.gelain](https://forum.dynare.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/439d5e/32.png) [@p.gelain](https://forum.dynare.org/u/p.gelain)\ **Post date:** [11 December 2008 16:32 UTC](https://forum.dynare.org/t/errors-on-smets-wouters-model/880/2 "2008-12-11T16:32:43Z")
Hi you simply forgot to put the SEMICOLON at the end of the line 11 (invy=0.22) Paolo ---
**Author:** ![sunrain](https://forum.dynare.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/779978/32.png) [@sunrain](https://forum.dynare.org/u/sunrain)\ **Post date:** [12 December 2008 03:50 UTC](https://forum.dynare.org/t/errors-on-smets-wouters-model/880/3 "2008-12-12T03:50:32Z")
Paolo, Thanks. But after I added the semicolon in line11, I operated it on Matalab 2007a with dyanre 4.02, It still told dynare sw Configuring Dynare … [mex] Generalized QZ. [mex] Sylvester equation solution. [mex] Kronecker products. [mex] Sparse kronecker products. Starting Dynare … Starting preprocessing of the model file … ERROR: sw.mod:47.103: syntax error, unexpected NAME, expecting INT\_NUMBER or MINUS or PLUS ??? Error using ==\> dynare at 96 DYNARE: preprocessing failed ---
**Author:** ![p.gelain](https://forum.dynare.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/439d5e/32.png) [@p.gelain](https://forum.dynare.org/u/p.gelain)\ **Post date:** [12 December 2008 10:39 UTC](https://forum.dynare.org/t/errors-on-smets-wouters-model/880/4 "2008-12-12T10:39:52Z")
Hi you have written p(t-1) instead of p(-1). Paolo ---
**Author:** ![sunrain](https://forum.dynare.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/779978/32.png) [@sunrain](https://forum.dynare.org/u/sunrain)\ **Post date:** [25 December 2008 03:22 UTC](https://forum.dynare.org/t/errors-on-smets-wouters-model/880/5 "2008-12-25T03:22:56Z")
Dear Paolo, Thanks! I got the results. Another question, could you tell me how to match the observable data with the variable in the **_linear_** model? When I conducted estimation in dynare with same model, I always got the wrong information, saying that an unexpexted parenthesis in the regarding .m file. Thanks again. Lukas ---
**Author:** ![sunrain](https://forum.dynare.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/779978/32.png) [@sunrain](https://forum.dynare.org/u/sunrain)\ **Post date:** [26 December 2008 02:38 UTC](https://forum.dynare.org/t/errors-on-smets-wouters-model/880/6 "2008-12-26T02:38:38Z")
dynare bsw Configuring Dynare … [mex] Generalized QZ. [mex] Sylvester equation solution. [mex] Kronecker products. [mex] Sparse kronecker products. Starting Dynare … Starting preprocessing of the model file … 23 equation(s) found Processing derivation … Processing Order 1… done Processing Order 2… done Processing outputs … Preprocessing completed. Starting Matlab computing … ??? Error: File: bsw.m Line: 313 Column: 1 Unbalanced or unexpected parenthesis or bracket. “Error in ==\> dynare at 102 evalin(‘base’,fname) ; var\_list\_=]; dynare\_estimation(var\_list\_); _);_ save(‘bsw\_results.mat’, ‘oo\_’); diary off” When I deleted the parenthesis in bsw.m, and conducted bsw.m it said: STEADY: numerical initial values incompatible with the following equations 2 4 ??? Error using ==\> dynare\_solve at 82 exiting … Error in ==\> steady\_ at 69 [oo\_.steady\_state,check] = dynare\_solve([M\_.fname ‘\_static’],… Error in ==\> steady at 52 steady\_; Error in ==\> bsw at 247 steady; what’s the problem? Thanks, Lukas ---
**Author:** ![martin](https://forum.dynare.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/73ab20/32.png) [@martin](https://forum.dynare.org/u/martin)\ **Post date:** [13 December 2010 14:35 UTC](https://forum.dynare.org/t/errors-on-smets-wouters-model/880/7 "2010-12-13T14:35:45Z")
Hey guys I get kind of the same troubles with my own model (the mod file is attached)… I obtain the following error message: ERROR: aghionhowitt.mod:22.0: syntax error, unexpected INT\_NUMBER Starting Dynare (version 4.1.3). Starting preprocessing of the model file … error: DYNARE: preprocessing failed error: called from: error: /Applications/Dynare/4.1.3/matlab/dynare.m at line 126, column 1 I don’t really understand the “unexpected INT\_NUMBER” comment. Regarding what I’ve seen up here, it seems that some variable is not well-defined or should get a time lag, but I really can’t find where! Thanks for your help Martin PS: the program is not really finished, I just want to get rid of those syntax errors for the moment… [aghionhowitt.mod](https://forum.dynare.org/uploads/default/original/1X/926fe63c228b6d2398f945f8918ee7916f31666c.mod) (666 Bytes) ---
**Author:** ![jpfeifer](https://forum.dynare.org/user_avatar/forum.dynare.org/jpfeifer/32/5044_2.png) [@jpfeifer](https://forum.dynare.org/u/jpfeifer)\ **Post date:** [13 December 2010 17:55 UTC](https://forum.dynare.org/t/errors-on-smets-wouters-model/880/8 "2010-12-13T17:55:04Z")
The line ```auto ``` in the endval block is not a correct assignment for c. Solve the equation for c.