[R] get.symbols doesn' work

[Phil Smith]

On Wednesday, December 18th, 2024 at 11:00 AM, Bert Gunter <bgunter.4567 using gmail.com> wrote:

> 
> 
> Please look at what you wrote.
> get.symbols vs. getSymbols.
> 
> -- Bert
> 
> On Wed, Dec 18, 2024 at 7:56 AM Phil Smith via R-help
> r-help using r-project.org wrote:
> 
> > Hello r-project:
> > 
> > I want to load and use the tiny quant libary.
> > 
> > Hello R-project:
> > 
> > get.symbols doesn't work this morning.
> > 
> > I use this code:
> > 
> > #############################################
> > #
> > # install.packages(c("quantmod", "TTR", "xts", "zoo" , "tidyquant" ))
> > 
> > # Load the tidyquant package
> > library("tidyquant")
> > 
> > library(TTR)
> > library(xts)
> > library(zoo)
> > library(quantmod)
> > 
> > Then, I use this:
> > 
> > FRED.SYMBOL="PRIME"
> > 
Me an idiot!


> > > getSymbols( FRED.SYMBOL , src=src)
> > 
> > And I get this error message:
> > Error in getSymbols(FRED.SYMBOL, src = src) : could not find function "getSymbols"
> > 
> > How do I get get.symbols to work?
> > 
> > Thanks!
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> > 
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