Execute an Oxcal Script

Source: R/oxcal_execute.R

Execute an Oxcal Script

oxcal_execute(
  script,
  file = NULL,
  verbose = getOption("ArchaeoCal.verbose"),
  ...
)

Arguments

script

A character string of instructions for OxCal.

file

A character string naming a file (without extension) to write script to. Output files will be named after file and written to the same directory.

verbose

A logical scalar: should status updates be displayed?

...

Further parameters to be passed to system2().

Value

An OxCalFiles object.

See also

Other OxCal tools: oxcal_calibrate(), oxcal_configure(), oxcal_install(), oxcal_parse(), plot()

Author

N. Frerebeau

Examples

if (FALSE) {
## Download OxCal
oxcal_configure()

## Custom script
scr <- 'Plot()
 {
  Sequence("Sequence1")
  {
   Boundary("Begin");
   Phase("Phase1")
   {
    R_Date("Lab-1",5000,25);
    R_Date("Lab-2",4900,37);
   };
   Boundary("Between");
   Phase("Phase2")
   {
    R_Date("Lab-3",4800,43);
   };
   Boundary("End");
  };
 };'
out <- oxcal_execute(scr)
res <- oxcal_parse(out)

plot(res)
plot(res, likelihood = TRUE, posterior = FALSE)
plot(res, likelihood = FALSE, posterior = TRUE)
}