Re: [R] How to pass parameters to htmlParse Bank of Canada html pages

2009-06-30 Thread Barry Rowlingson
On Tue, Jun 30, 2009 at 9:32 PM, wrote: > To get USDCAD rates from Bank of Canada, we first go > > url <- "http://banqueducanada.ca/en/rates/exchange-avg.html"; > > select 12 months for Rates for the past and click "Get Rates" button. Then > the page moves to > > address <- "http://banqueducanada.

[R] How to pass parameters to htmlParse Bank of Canada html pages

2009-06-30 Thread guox
To get USDCAD rates from Bank of Canada, we first go url <- "http://banqueducanada.ca/en/rates/exchange-avg.html"; select 12 months for Rates for the past and click "Get Rates" button. Then the page moves to address <- "http://banqueducanada.ca/cgi-bin/famecgi_fdps"; and the rates show in the h