Changed default back to tsv.

R/retrieveNWISData.r

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 #' @param StatCd string USGS statistic code. This is usually 5 digits.  Daily mean (00003) is the default.
 #' @param format string, can be "tsv" or "xml", and is only applicable for daily and unit value requests.  "tsv" returns results faster, but there is a possiblitiy that an incomplete file is returned without warning. XML is slower, 
 #' but will offer a warning if the file was incomplete (for example, if there was a momentary problem with the internet connection). It is possible to safely use the "tsv" option, 
-#' but the user must carefully check the results to see if the data returns matches what is expected. The default is therefore "xml". 
+#' but the user must carefully check the results to see if the data returns matches what is expected. The default is "tsv". 
 #' @param interactive logical Option for interactive mode.  If true, there is user interaction for error handling and data checks.
 #' @keywords data import USGS web service
 #' @return data dataframe with agency, site, dateTime, value, and code columns
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 #' rawDailyTemperature <- retrieveNWISData(siteNumber,'00010', startDate, endDate, StatCd='00001',interactive=FALSE)
 #' rawDailyTemperatureTSV <- retrieveNWISData(siteNumber,'00010', startDate, endDate, StatCd='00001',format="tsv",interactive=FALSE)
 #' rawDailyQAndTempMeanMax <- retrieveNWISData(siteNumber,c('00010','00060'), startDate, endDate, StatCd=c('00001','00003'), interactive=FALSE)
-retrieveNWISData <- function (siteNumber,ParameterCd,StartDate,EndDate,StatCd="00003",format="xml",interactive=TRUE){  
+retrieveNWISData <- function (siteNumber,ParameterCd,StartDate,EndDate,StatCd="00003",format="tsv",interactive=TRUE){  
   
   url <- constructNWISURL(siteNumber,ParameterCd,StartDate,EndDate,"dv",statCd=StatCd,format=format)