ArchaeoPhases (version 1.4.5)

ImportCSV.BCal: Importing a BCal csv file

Description

Importing a csv file containing the output of the MCMC algorithm from the BCal software. MCMC generated by BCal software are in date format cal BP.

Usage

ImportCSV.BCal(file, bin.width=NULL)

Arguments

file

the name of the CSV file containing the output of the MCMC algorithm

bin.width

the bin width specified in a BCal project. Note that bin.width does not have to be set if the BCal default bin width of 1 is used.

Value

Returns a data frame (data.frame) containing a representation of the data in the file. MCMC should now be in date format BC/AD.

Examples

# NOT RUN {
  # Import of MCMC generated by BCal and extracted in cal BP (the year of reference is 1950)
  data(Fishpond)
  # write.csv(Fishpond, "fishpond_MCMC.csv", row.names=FALSE)
  # Fishpond = ImportCSV.BCal("fishpond_MCMC.csv", bin.width=1)
  # equivalent to 
  #Fishpond2 = ImportCSV("fishpond_MCMC.csv", dec = '.', sep=',',referenceYear = 1950, 
  #rowToWithdraw = "last", bin.width=1)
# }