Re: [R] Dynamic file / url name with read.csv

code. Regards, Ivan > From: k...@csusb.edu > Date: Tue, 12 Jan 2010 22:25:17 -0800 > To: r-help@r-project.org > Subject: Re: [R] Dynamic file / url name with read.csv > > > A few suggestions: > Don't mix ' and " > Use paste() > Don't include an

Re: [R] Dynamic file / url name with read.csv

A few suggestions: Don't mix ' and " Use paste() Don't include an extraneous ; SymA<- "SPY" Sym1<- paste("http://ichart.finance.yahoo.com/table.csv?s=",SymA,"&ignore=.csv",sep="";) Symbol<- read.csv(Sym1, stringsAsFactors=F) On Jan 12, 2010, at 10:03 PM, B S wrote: > > Hi- > > I would

[R] Dynamic file / url name with read.csv

Hi- I would like to be able to change the value of SymA below and download a file from the corresponding URL.  Hardcoded, this line works fine: Symbol<- read.csv("http://ichart.finance.yahoo.com/table.csv?s=SPY&ignore=.csv";, stringsAsFactors=F) However, when I incorporate using a variable