[R-SIG-Finance] getting suffix for symbols

[Joshua Ulrich]

On Tue, Jan 19, 2016 at 3:10 PM, Stephen Choularton
<stephen at organicfoodmarkets.com.au> wrote:
> Hi
>
> I am using getSymbols and want to try and find somewhere I can look up the
> exchange suffix for a symbol.
>
> eg I know Westpac is WBC.AX with the AX being the Australian Stock Exchange
> but I have an EFT called GLD which is on the NYSE Arca (I think).  I have bo
> idea what the suffix is.
>
> Is there some central reference for these suffixes.  If not does anyone know
> what the right one is for this symbol to get the data down using getSymbols.
>
getSymbols is an interface to multiple data sources.  Where to find
the exchange suffix depends on the data source you're using.

If you're using Yahoo, you need to reference
http://finance.yahoo.com/exchanges. If you're using Google, you need
to reference https://www.google.com/googlefinance/disclaimer/.  I'm
not sure about exchange codes for other data sources.

> Thanks.
>
> Stephen
>
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