[Coin-discuss] Re: Trouble with COIN's MPS Writer

[Brian Borchers]

>MPS format requires fields 5 and 6 to be placed in columns 40-47 and
>50-61, respectively, while in your file these fields are placed in
>columns 39-46 and 49-60. Note, however, that some solvers allow
>deviations from strict MPS formatting (glpsol does not allow that).

The point here is that the COIN MPS writing routine generated this
"MPS" file which had fields 5 and 6 in the wrong columns!