YahooKeystats {fImport}R Documentation

Import Key Statistics Data from Yahoo

Description

Imports key statistics from chart.yahoo.com.

Usage

 
yahooKeystats(query, file = "tempfile", source = NULL, save = FALSE, 
    try = TRUE) 

Arguments

file a character string with filename, usually having extension ".csv", where to save the downloaded data.
query a character string, denoting the location of the data at the web site.
save a logical value, if set to TRUE the downloaded data file will be stored under the path and file name specified by the string file. By default FALSE.
source a character string setting the URL of the source. If NULL, then the URL will be set automatically to its default value.
try a logical value, if set to TRUE the Internet access will be checked.

Value

returns a data frame with key statistics downloaded from yahoo's web site.

Note

Function yohooKeystats has been renamed from keystatsImport.

Author(s)

Diethelm Wuertz for the Rmetrics R-port.

Examples

## Not run: 
## yahooKeystats -
   yahooKeystats("IBM")
## End(Not run)

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