[R] How to import HTML and SQL files

[Arup]

Thanks a lot..I am trying to pick up R on my own.I will be asking you
questions if I am having any problem at any point of time.Thank you.

Arup

Dieter Menne wrote:
> 
> Arup <arup.pramanik27 <at> gmail.com> writes:
> 
>> I can't import any HTML or SQL files into R..:confused: 
> 
> Also confused. HTML and SQL are like apples and bugs.
> 
> For HTML (assume you want to extract stock quotes from a site)
> 
> -- If you have strict XHTML, using package XML might be
>    the best choice, but I doubt you get these nowadays.
> -- Otherwise, read in the file and use regular expressions (grep, 
>    gsub) to parse.
> 
> For SQL: SELECT * from mybase
> 
> -- "Importing" that string does not help very much, this is 
>    a program telling you what to do when you know your database.
> -- You might have a look at package RODBC or RSQLite; details depend on 
>    the database you are going to use.
> 
> Dieter
> 
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