read.oce {oce} | R Documentation |
Read an oceanographic data file, auto-discovering the file type from the first line of the file.
read.oce(file, ...)
file |
a connection or a character string giving the name of the file to load. |
... |
arguments to be handed to whichever instrument-specific reading function is selected, based on the header. |
This function tries to infer the file type from the first line, using
magic
. If it can be discovered, then an instrument-specific
file reading function is called, with the file
and with any additional
arguments being supplied.
An object of base class
"oce"
, and also with a class
that signifies the type of data, e.g. "ctd"
, "sealevel"
, etc.
Dan Kelley
The file type is determined by
magic
. If the file type can be determined, then one
of the following is called:
read.ctd
,
read.coastline
read.lobo
,
read.tdr
,
read.sealevel
, etc.
## Not run: library(oce) x <- read.oce("/usr/local/lib/R/library/oce/demo/ctdprofile.cnv") plot(x) # summary with TS and profiles plot.TS(x) # just the TS ## End(Not run)