3 \title{Read Tree File in CAIC Format}
5 This function reads one tree from a CAIC file.
6 A second file containing branch lengths values may also be passed (experimental).
9 read.caic(file, brlen = NULL, skip = 0, comment.char = "#", ...)
12 \item{file}{a file name specified by either a variable of mode character, or a double-quoted string.}
13 \item{brlen}{a file name for the branch lengths file.}
14 \item{skip}{the number of lines of the input file to skip before beginning to read data (this is passed directly to scan()).}
15 \item{comment.char}{a single character, the remaining of the line after this character is ignored (this is passed directly to scan()).}
16 \item{\dots}{Further arguments to be passed to scan().}
19 Read a tree from a file in the format used by the CAIC and MacroCAIc program.
22 an object of class \code{"phylo"}.
25 Purvis, A. and Rambaut, A. (1995) Comparative analysis by independent
26 contrasts (CAIC): an Apple Macintosh application for analysing
27 comparative data. \emph{CABIOS}, \bold{11} :241--251.
29 \author{Julien Dutheil \email{julien.dutheil@univ-montp2.fr}}
30 \section{Warning }{The branch length support is still experimental and was not fully tested.}
31 \seealso{ \code{\link{read.tree}}, \code{\link{read.nexus}} }
33 ### The same example than in read.tree, without branch lengths.
34 ### An extract from Sibley and Ahlquist (1990)
35 cat("AAA","Strix_aluco","AAB","Asio_otus",
36 "AB","Athene_noctua","B","Tyto_alba",
37 file = "ex.tre", sep = "\n")
38 tree.owls <- read.caic("ex.tre")
41 unlink("ex.tre") # delete the file "ex.tre"