On May 14, 2012, at 5:33 AM, barb wrote:
Hey guys,
i have a strange problem reading a .csv file.
Seems not to be covered by the usual read.csv techniques.
The relevant data i want to use, seems to be saved as the label of
the data
point.
Therefore i can not really use it
spec<-"EU2001"
part1<-"http://www.bundesbank.de/statistik/statistik_zeitreihen_download.php?func=directcsv&from=&until=&filename=bbk_
"
part2<-"&csvformat=de&euro=mixed&tr="
tmp<-tempfile()
load<-paste(part1,spec,part2,spec,sep="")
download.file(load,tmp)
file<-read.csv(tmp,sep=";",dec=",", skip="5")
(relevant<-file[,2][1])
If dec="," then you probably need read.csv2()
(Since dec="," is the default I would remove that argument from the
call. It seemed to succeed )
file<-read.csv2(tmp,sep=";", skip="5")
(relevant<-file[,2][1])
[1] 10716,05
496 Levels: 10323,52 10391,38 10716,05 10929,62 11051,23 11329,50
11380,11 ... Methodik: Ab Januar 1993 einschl. der Zuschätzungen für
nichtmelde- pflichtigen Außenhandel, die bis Dezember 1992 in den
Ergänzungen zum Außenhandel enthalten sind.
--
David Winsemius, MD
West Hartford, CT
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