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\name{read.jagsdata}
\alias{read.jagsdata}
\alias{read.bugsdata}
\title{Read data files for jags models}
\description{
Read data for a JAGS model from a file.
}
\usage{
read.jagsdata(file)
read.bugsdata(file)
}
\arguments{
\item{file}{name of a file containing a text repesentation of the
data for a jags model}
}
\value{
A named list of numeric vectors or arrays.
}
\details{
The command line interface for JAGS reads data and initial values from
a text file. The data format used for jags data files is the same as the R
\code{dump} function. Thus the data values can be read into an
R session using the \code{source} function, but this will create
objects in the global environment. The \code{read.jagsdata} function
is a simple wrapper that reads the data into a list instead.
OpenBUGS also reads data and initial values from a text file. The
format of these files is described as "S-PLUS" format by the OpenBUGS
authors. It superficially resembles the format used by the \code{dput}
function (and in fact can be parsed by the \code{dget}
function). However, in BUGS "S-PLUS" format, arrays are stored in
row-major order instead of the column-major order used by R. The
\code{read.bugsdata} function reads OpenBUGS "S-PLUS" format files and
permutes the elements of arrays so that they appear in the correct
order.
Either function returns a list which can be used as the
\code{data} or \code{inits} argument of \code{jags.model}.
}
\note{
Earlier versions of the rjags package had a \code{read.data} function
which read data in either format, but the function name was ambiguous
(There are many data file format in R) so this is now deprecated.
}
\author{Martyn Plummer}
\keyword{file}
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