[R-SIG-Finance] quantmod

[Brian G. Peterson]

On 12/06/2010 11:14 AM, Eric Thungstom wrote:
> Newbie to R and quantmod. So if this is obvious, please excuse me
>
> With getSymbols() function is there a default number of values or prices
> (days) that it returns. I started playing with this yesterday and it appears
> the look back period for yahoo is pretty short...maybe a year ? I know
> there's an option to include a start date in the function, just wondering
> what the default is. Also, where should I have looked for the default value
> ?

require('quantmod')
?getSymbols.yahoo

'from' and 'to' are listed in the documentation, as is the default.

Cheers,

   - Brian

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