read.paleoTS {paleoTS}

Read a text-file with data from a paleontological time-series

Description

Read a text-file with data from a paleontological time-series

Usage

read.paleoTS(file = NULL, oldest = "first", reset.time = TRUE, ...)

Arguments

file

file name; if not supplied, an interactive window prompts the user to navigate to the text file

oldest

"first" if samples are in order from oldest to youngest, "last" if the opposite

reset.time

logical; see as.paleoTS

...

other arguments, passed to read.table

Details

This function reads a text file with a specified format and converts it into a paleoTS object. It will often be the easiest way for users to import their own data. The text file should have four columns without headers, in this order: sample size, sample means, sample variances, sample ages.

Value

a paleoTS object

See Also

as.paleoTS