[R] read htm table error

[arun]

HI,

I am using R 2.15 in Ubuntu 12.04.  It works fine for me.

library(XML)
theurl <- "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazil_national_football_team"
tables <- readHTMLTable(theurl)

A.K.

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From: "Lay, Kiung" <Kiung.Lay at sensis.com.au>
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Sent: Thursday, August 9, 2012 2:55 AM
Subject: [R] read htm table error


Hi I am using Version R 2.15 and I haven't been able read html table. Following is my code and error message.
Error in htmlParse(doc) :
  error in creating parser for http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazil_national_football_team

theurl <- "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazil_national_football_team"
tables <- readHTMLTable(theurl)

Regards,
Kiung

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