processEventLine: Process Event Lines (Birth or Death)
In BGmisc: An R Package for Extended Behavior Genetics Analysis

processEventLine

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Process Event Lines (Birth or Death)

Description

Extracts event details (e.g., date, place, cause, latitude, longitude) from a block of GEDCOM lines. For "birth": expect DATE on line i+1, PLAC on i+2, LATI on i+4, LONG on i+5. For "death": expect DATE on line i+1, PLAC on i+2, CAUS on i+3, LATI on i+4, LONG on i+5.

Usage

processEventLine(event, block, i, record, pattern_rows)

Arguments

`event`	A character string indicating the event type ("birth" or "death").
`block`	A character vector of GEDCOM lines.
`i`	The current line index where the event tag is found.
`record`	A named list representing the individual's record.
`pattern_rows`	A list with counts of GEDCOM tag occurrences.