load_precip_from_xls: Load precipitation dataset from Excel File
In walkerjeffd/myrwaR: Tools for the Mystic River Watershed Association

Description Usage Arguments Value Examples

Loads the hourly precipitation data from an Excel spreadsheet (specifically: LoganPrecip.xlsx).

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load_precip_from_xls(path, sheet.name = "Processed precipitation",
  tz = "EST", datetime.name = "Datetime", value.name = "Precip",
  as.type = c("dataframe", "zoo"))

`path`	Full path and filename to precipitation spreadsheet (LoganPrecip.xlsx)
`sheet.name`	Name of workbook sheet to load data from (default="Processed precipitation")
`tz`	Timezone of date/time stamps (default="EST")
`datetime.name`	Name of datetime column (default="Datetime")
`value.name`	Name of precipitation column (default="Precip")
`as.type`	Return type as 'dataframe' (default) or 'zoo'

dataframe or zoo object of hourly precipitation values

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filepath <- system.file("extdata", "LoganPrecip.xlsx", package = "myrwaR")
pcp.df <- load_precip_from_xls(filepath, as.type='dataframe')
pcp.zoo <- load_precip_from_xls(filepath, as.type='zoo')