[R] Reading selected lines in an .html file

[Uwe Ligges]

Of course you could use readLines() and post process by using 
appropriate functions such as grep(), strsplit() and friends later on.

Uwe Ligges


vittorio wrote:
> Dear friend, 
> 
> In an R program running permanently on a server I would like to read hour by 
> hour the temperature in *C and the humidity from a  site like this (actually, 
> from many of such sites):
> 
> http://www.wunderground.com/global/stations/16239.html
> 
> How can I read the content of the site and select the info I need?
> 
> Ciao
> Vittorio
> 
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