Re: [R] getting R to download data

2010-12-07 Thread Greg Snow
4:47 PM > To: r-h...@stat.math.ethz.ch > Subject: Re: [R] getting R to download data > > allianz.com.au> writes: > > > Is it possible to write a program such that it downloads a csv from a > given > > web address? Would be great if this could be done at a particular

Re: [R] getting R to download data

2010-12-07 Thread Ben Bolker
allianz.com.au> writes: > Is it possible to write a program such that it downloads a csv from a given > web address? Would be great if this could be done at a particular time > during the day as well. Say 9AM monday-friday. downloading a csv file is easy: x <- read.csv(url("http://whatever.

[R] getting R to download data

2010-12-07 Thread sachinthaka . abeywardana
Hi All, Is it possible to write a program such that it downloads a csv from a given web address? Would be great if this could be done at a particular time during the day as well. Say 9AM monday-friday. Incase you are curious Im just trying to analyse some stocks data. Thanks, Sachin p.s. sorry