Index: /issm/trunk-jpl/src/c/classes/IoModel.cpp
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--- /issm/trunk-jpl/src/c/classes/IoModel.cpp	(revision 13575)
+++ /issm/trunk-jpl/src/c/classes/IoModel.cpp	(revision 13576)
@@ -1300,9 +1300,9 @@
 	extern int num_procs;
 
-	int found=0;
+	int found         = 0;
 	int record_enum;
 	int record_length;
-	int record_code; //1 to 7 number
-	int vector_type; //nodal or elementary
+	int record_code;       //1 to 7 number
+	int vector_type   = 0; //nodal or elementary
 
 	/*Go find in the binary file, the position of the data we want to fetch: */
@@ -1342,5 +1342,5 @@
 #ifdef _HAVE_MPI_
 	MPI_Bcast(&found,1,MPI_INT,0,MPI_COMM_WORLD); 
-	if(!found)_error_("could not find data with name" << " " << EnumToStringx(data_enum) << " ");
+	if(!found)_error_("could not find data with name " << EnumToStringx(data_enum) << " in binary file");
 #endif