The errors are sure signs that your csound for whatever reason does not have the lastcycle opcode.

So what platform date etc?

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On Aug 14, 2020, 06:10, at 06:10, Forrest Curo  wrote:
>following the manual example
>with version == 6.14
>
>this is supposed to work:
>
>...
>if lastcycle() == 1 then
>ktom timeinsts
>S_event sprintf "i %d %.2f %.2f %d %d\n", 21, itim, ktom, p4, p5
>fprints "score.sco", S_event
>endif
>endin
>
>but I'm getting:
>error: syntax error, unexpected ')'  (token ")") from file e.csd (1)
> line 194:
>>>>) <<<
>
>and if I remove the ')',
>error: syntax error, unexpected S_EQ  (token "== ") from file e.csd (1)
> line 194:
>>>> ==  <<<
>
>(Huh?)
>Forrest Curo
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