R: Parse PDE file

parse.pde {RSEIS} | R Documentation

## Parse PDE file

### Description

Parse and Extact information from a screen dump of PDE (preliminary earthquake estimates) from the internet,

### Usage

    parse.pde(card)

### Arguments

`card` | character, one line from the PDE file

### Details

Parsing is done by column specification. Uses screen dump format. see http://neic.usgs.gov/neis/epic/epic.html

### Value

Time, Location and Magnitude: list(yr, jd, mo, dom, hr, mi, sec, lat, lon, depth, z, mag)

### Note

May try using the CSV version of the dump.

### Author(s)

Jonathan M. Lees<jonathan.lees@unc.edu>

### References

http://neic.usgs.gov/neis/epic/epic.html

### See Also

getPDEcsv, getPDEscreen

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