[R] Extract Data from Yahoo Finance

[Joshua Ulrich]

Deb,

See getQuote in the quantmod package.  For example:
getQuote("SPY")

Be sure to read ?getQuote.

Best,
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Joshua Ulrich  |  FOSS Trading: www.fosstrading.com



On Thu, Nov 3, 2011 at 5:05 PM, Deb Midya <debmidya at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Michael,
>
> Thanks for your response.
>
> The link to the page is: http://www.gummy-stuff.org/Yahoo-data.htm
>
> I like to download the fields (mentioned under special tags) for a period of time and for a particular stock (or for a list of stocks).
>
> Once again, thank you very much for the time you have given.
>
> Regards,
>
> Deb
>
> From: R. Michael Weylandt <michael.weylandt at gmail.com>
> To: Deb Midya <debmidya at yahoo.com>
> Cc: "r-help at r-project.org" <r-help at r-project.org>
> Sent: Friday, 4 November 2011 12:13 AM
> Subject: Re: [R] Extract Data from Yahoo Finance
>
> The quantmod package can probably do what you are asking, but it's a
> little hard to be certain since you provide neither a list of all the
> fields you are actually talking about nor a link to the page with the
> fields in question.
>
> Michael
>
> On Thu, Nov 3, 2011 at 12:02 AM, Deb Midya <debmidya at yahoo.com> wrote:
>> Hi R –users,
>>
>> I am using R-2.14.0 on Windows XP.
>>
>> May I request you to assist me for the following please.
>>
>> I like to extract all the fields (example: a : Ask, b : Bid, ……, w : 52-week Range, x: Stock Exchange)  for certain period of time, say, 1 October 2011 to 31 October 2011.
>>
>> Is there any R-Package(s) & any R- script please?
>>
>> Once again, thank you very much for the time you have given.
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Deb
>>
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