read.emusegs {emu}R Documentation

Create an Emu segment list from a file

Description

Create an Emu segment list from a file saved by the Emu query tools.

Usage

   read.emusegs(file)

Arguments

file The name of the file to read

Details

Reads segment lists created by programs external to R/Splus and stored in text files on disk.

Value

An Emu segment list.

Author(s)

Steve Cassidy

See Also

emu.query

Examples

## create a segment list file and write it out
seglist.txt <- "database:demo\
query:Phonetic=vowel\
type:segment\
#\
@:      3059.65 3343.65 msdjc001\
e:      5958.55 6244.55 msdjc002\
@u      8984.75 9288.75 msdjc003\
A       11880.8 12184.8 msdjc004\
E       17188.3 17366.4 msdjc005\
ei      20315.2 20655.2 msdjc006"

## Not run: cat(seglist.txt, file="seglist.txt")

# now read it back as a segment list
## Not run: segs <- read.emusegs("seglist.txt")
## Not run: segs
## and clean up
## Not run: unlink("seglist.txt")


[Package emu version 4.0 Index]