[R-SIG-Finance] How to get name of a ticker using Quantmod/R

[George Kumar]

I tried using the following scipt

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Args <- commandArgs()      # retrieve cmdline args
ticker <- as.character(Args[5])
url =
paste("http://download.finance.yahoo.com/d/quotes.csv?s=",ticker,"&f=n",sep="")
x<- read.table(url)
compname=x[1,]
compname=as.character(compname)
cat("Comp name is ",compname, "\n")

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cat get_name_from_yahoo.R |  R --vanilla --slave --args FIIAX
Output: FIDELITY ADVISOR

So even this does not give the full name that one sees in yahoo finance web
page - Fidelity Advisor Mid Cap II A 

Thanks a lot for your replies.
George



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