[R-SIG-Finance] get data in quantmod

[Rowe, Brian Lee Yung (Portfolio Analytics)]

1: From the code for getSymbols.yahoo this appears to be hardcoded. The
parameter to set the series frequency on yahoo is 'g':

http://chart.yahoo.com/table.csv?s=FXP&a=0&b=01&c=2007&d=1&e=25&f=2009&g
=m&q=q&y=0&z=FXP&x=.csv - returns monthly

http://chart.yahoo.com/table.csv?s=FXP&a=0&b=01&c=2007&d=1&e=25&f=2009&g
=d&q=q&y=0&z=FXP&x=.csv - returns daily

Here is the code in getSymbols.yahoo:
        download.file(paste(yahoo.URL, "s=", Symbols.name, "&a=",
            from.m, "&b=", sprintf("%.2d", from.d), "&c=", from.y,
            "&d=", to.m, "&e=", sprintf("%.2d", to.d), "&f=",
            to.y, "&g=d&q=q&y=0", "&z=", Symbols.name, "&x=.csv",
            sep = ""), destfile = tmp, quiet = !verbose)

Note the "&g=d" is hardcoded (at least in my versions 0.3-6, 0.3-7)

2: This has been asked before (see attached).

HTH,
Brian

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Subject: [R-SIG-Finance] get data in quantmod


I have two questions about how to get data in quantmod
1)Yahoo Finance provide us with data in daily, weekly, monthly. When we
are
using getSymbols can we choose the time spectrum?

2)I want to download some Chinese Stock Data, So I use this command:
getSymbols("600089.SS"), but when I want to use command
barChart(600089.SS),
it's wrong. Maybe the problem is the name of the object "600089.SS". So
can
I give another name to the object from the getSymbols?

Thanks

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