# SyntaxError: invalid decimal literal
**URL:** https://discourse.paraview.org/t/syntaxerror-invalid-decimal-literal/13904
**Category:** ParaView Support
**Created:** [February 9, 2024, 9:17am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/syntaxerror-invalid-decimal-literal/13904 "2024-02-09T09:17:28Z")
**Posts on this page:** 7
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### Author:  [@JSArocena](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/JSArocena)
#### Post date: [February 9, 2024, 9:17am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/syntaxerror-invalid-decimal-literal/13904/1 "2024-02-09T09:17:29Z")
Dear Support,
I’m a new here, I would like to know how to deal with this error message from ParaView:
After I load state the converted vtk file, error message appear in Paraview as shown below:
Thank you in advance and really appreciate your kind assistance.
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### Author:  [@mwestphal](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/mwestphal)
#### Post date: [February 9, 2024, 9:18am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/syntaxerror-invalid-decimal-literal/13904/2 "2024-02-09T09:18:42Z")
Please share your data
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### Author:  [@JSArocena](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/JSArocena)
#### Post date: [February 9, 2024, 9:25am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/syntaxerror-invalid-decimal-literal/13904/3 "2024-02-09T09:25:43Z")
Thank you very much Sir for your very quick response.
Please see attached.
[Unnamed1-Results.zip](https://discourse.paraview.org/uploads/short-url/rFGTWHKq4Wo8K7R8I0sPjf2r0XM.zip) (710.7 KB)
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### Author:  [@mwestphal](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/mwestphal)
#### Post date: [February 9, 2024, 9:29am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/syntaxerror-invalid-decimal-literal/13904/4 "2024-02-09T09:29:25Z")
Works fine with ParaView 5.12.0, which version of ParaView are you using ?
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### Author:  [@JSArocena](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/JSArocena)
#### Post date: [February 9, 2024, 9:35am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/syntaxerror-invalid-decimal-literal/13904/5 "2024-02-09T09:35:39Z")
Dear Sir, I am using version shown below:
I converted .frd file to .vtk
I open Paraview and load state the converted .vtk file
Then I got the error message "SyntaxError:invalid decimal literal.
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### Author:  [@mwestphal](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/mwestphal)
#### Post date: [February 9, 2024, 9:36am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/syntaxerror-invalid-decimal-literal/13904/6 "2024-02-09T09:36:56Z")
Well, your data works fine here.
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### Author:  [@JSArocena](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/JSArocena)
#### Post date: [February 9, 2024, 9:39am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/syntaxerror-invalid-decimal-literal/13904/7 "2024-02-09T09:39:59Z")
Thank you sir for your checking. I will try again.