read.fh: Read Heidelberg Format Ring Width File

Description

This function reads in a Heidelberg (block or column) format file of ring widths (.fh).

Usage

read.fh(fname)

Arguments

fname

a character vector giving the file name of the fh file.

Value

A data.frame with the series in columns and the years as rows. The keycodes are the column names and the years are the row names.

Details

This reads in a fh-file with ring widths in blocks (decadal format) or in columns (e.g., as with comment flags) as used by TSAP program. Chronologies or half-chronos in fh-format are not supported.

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