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+Package: greenGridr
+Type: Package
+Title: Functions for processing NZ GreenGrid project data
+Version: 0.1.0
+Author: Ben Anderson
+Maintainer: Ben Anderson <b.anderson@soton.ac.uk>
+Description: The NZ GreenGrid project collected electricity consumption data for each circuit of XXX NZ dwellings over a period of XX months from Year1 to Year 2.
+    The project also collected household survey and time-use diary data on specific dates. This package provides a set of functions to process and link this data. Note that the data is _not_ included in the package.
+License: Apache License Version 2.0
+Encoding: UTF-8
+LazyData: true
diff --git a/greenGridr/NAMESPACE b/greenGridr/NAMESPACE
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+exportPattern("^[[:alpha:]]+")
diff --git a/greenGridr/R/hello.R b/greenGridr/R/hello.R
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+# Hello, world!
+#
+# This is an example function named 'hello' 
+# which prints 'Hello, world!'.
+#
+# You can learn more about package authoring with RStudio at:
+#
+#   http://r-pkgs.had.co.nz/
+#
+# Some useful keyboard shortcuts for package authoring:
+#
+#   Build and Reload Package:  'Cmd + Shift + B'
+#   Check Package:             'Cmd + Shift + E'
+#   Test Package:              'Cmd + Shift + T'
+
+hello <- function() {
+  print("Hello, world!")
+}
diff --git a/greenGridr/man/hello.Rd b/greenGridr/man/hello.Rd
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+\name{hello}
+\alias{hello}
+\title{Hello, World!}
+\usage{
+hello()
+}
+\description{
+Prints 'Hello, world!'.
+}
+\examples{
+hello()
+}