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-#' @title Acquire data in a clean format
+#' getData
 #'
-#' @description Take in input data frames and/or files containing raw data, and
-#'   timezones, and output a Data object, roughly corresponding to a list where each cell
-#'   contains all value for one day (see \code{?Data}).
+#' Acquire data as a Data object; see ?Data.
+#'
+#' Since series are given in columns (database format), this function builds series one
+#' by one and incrementally grows a Data object which is finally returned.
 #'
 #' @param ts_data Time-series, as a data frame (DB style: 2 columns, first is date/time,
-#'   second is value) or a CSV file
-#' @param exo_data Exogenous variables, as a data frame or a CSV file; first comlumn is
+#'   second is value) or a CSV file.
+#' @param exo_data Exogenous variables, as a data frame or a CSV file; first column is
 #'   dates, next block are measurements for the day, and final block are exogenous
-#'   forecasts
+#'   forecasts (for the same day).
 #' @param input_tz Timezone in the input files ("GMT" or e.g. "Europe/Paris")
 #' @param date_format How date/time are stored (e.g. year/month/day hour:minutes;
-#'   see \code{strptime})
+#'   see ?strptime)
 #' @param working_tz Timezone to work with ("GMT" or e.g. "Europe/Paris")
-#' @param predict_at When does the prediction take place ? Integer, in hours. Default: 0
+#' @param predict_at When does the prediction take place? Integer, in hours. Default: 0
 #' @param limit Number of days to extract (default: Inf, for "all")
 #'
 #' @return An object of class Data