Huzzah Jeffrey!

Thank you very much for the tips. I'll be sure to use that repo in the
future, and cc the mailing list as well.

Kind regards,
Devin

On Thu, Feb 23, 2012 at 2:16 PM, Jeffrey Ryan <jeffrey.ryan@lemnica.com>wrote:

> Hi Devin (cc'ing the list back in),
>
> On Thu, Feb 23, 2012 at 1:07 PM, Devin Newman <devinlnewman@gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > Jeffrey,
> >
> > I would agree except that what is assigned to the variable is only a
> string
> > of characters. Is there something I am doing wrong?
> >
> >> getSymbols("GS")
> > [1] "GS"
> >> str(GS)
> > An ‘xts’ object from 2007-01-03 to 2012-02-22 containing:
> >   Data: num [1:1295, 1:6] 201 200 198 199 204 ...
> >  - attr(*, "dimnames")=List of 2
> >   ..$ : NULL
> >   ..$ : chr [1:6] "GS.Open" "GS.High" "GS.Low" "GS.Close" ...
> >   Indexed by objects of class: [Date] TZ:
> >   xts Attributes:
> > List of 2
> >  $ src    : chr "yahoo"
> >  $ updated: POSIXct[1:1], format: "2012-02-23 14:02:41"
> >
> >
> >> GS.f <- getFinancials('GS')
> > Warning message:
> > In readLines(tmp) :
> >   incomplete final line found on
> >
> '/var/folders/rf/pz5jmyzd1q9833s7h6r5lpzr0000gn/T//RtmpwUJi6G/file2e02463e31e'
> >> GS.f
> > [1] "GS.f"
> >> str(GS.f)
> >  chr "GS.f"
> >> viewFin(GS.f)
> > Error in viewFin(GS.f) : ‘x’ must be of type ‘financials’
> >
>
> Ah, the 'real' error you saw but didn't pass along the first time.
> Likely an older version of quantmod - as the one I am using (the one
> from R-forge) is working.
>
> Try install.packages("quantmod", repos="http://r-forge.r-project.org")
>
> Best,
> Jeff
>
> > getFin("GS")
> [1] "GS.f"
> Warning message:
> In readLines(tmp) :
>  incomplete final line found on
>
> '/var/folders/vk/vk7l7h-xFauxrClyj6pEJU+++TI/-Tmp-//Rtmpulwo2L/file3e652376'
> > viewFin(GS.f)
> Annual Balance Sheet for GS
>                                             2010-12-31 2009-12-31
> 2008-12-26
> Cash & Equivalents                             34038.00   33841.00
> 13805.00
> Short Term Investments                               NA         NA
> NA
> Cash and Short Term Investments                39788.00   38291.00
> 13805.00
> Accounts Receivable - Trade, Net               78140.00   67900.00
> 86377.00
> Receivables - Other                                  NA         NA
> NA
> Total Receivables, Net                         78140.00   67900.00
> 86377.00
> Total Inventory                                      NA         NA
> NA
> Prepaid Expenses                                     NA         NA
> NA
> Other Current Assets, Total                          NA         NA
> NA
> Total Current Assets                                 NA         NA
> NA
> Property/Plant/Equipment, Total - Gross        18976.00   18660.00
> 19209.00
> Accumulated Depreciation, Total                -7870.00   -7280.00
> -6620.00
> Goodwill, Net                                   3495.00    3543.00
>  3526.00
> Intangibles, Net                                2027.00    1377.00
>  1620.00
> Long Term Investments                         713059.00  678104.00
>  869279.00
> Other Long Term Assets, Total                  59970.00   44600.00
>  121890.00
> Total Assets                                  911332.00  848942.00
> 1112225.00
> Accounts Payable                              190504.00  185634.00
>  245725.00
> Accrued Expenses                                9089.00   11170.00
>  4968.00
> Notes Payable/Short Term Debt                  80680.00   60681.00
> 68675.00
> Current Port. of LT Debt/Capital Leases        25396.00   17928.00
> 24274.00
> Other Current liabilities, Total               40611.00   43440.00
> 35249.00
> Total Current Liabilities                            NA         NA
> NA
> Long Term Debt                                188247.00  196288.00
>  203977.00
> Capital Lease Obligations                            NA         NA
> NA
> Total Long Term Debt                          188247.00  196288.00
>  203977.00
> Total Debt                                    294323.00  274897.00
>  296926.00
> Deferred Income Tax                                  NA         NA
> NA
> Minority Interest                                872.00     960.00
>  1102.00
> Other Liabilities, Total                      293927.00  257284.00
>  459324.00
> Total Liabilities                             833976.00  778228.00
> 1049171.00
> Redeemable Preferred Stock, Total                    NA         NA
> NA
> Preferred Stock - Non Redeemable, Net           6957.00    6957.00
> 16483.00
> Common Stock, Total                             7714.00    6253.00
>  9470.00
> Additional Paid-In Capital                     42103.00   39770.00
> 31070.00
> Retained Earnings (Accumulated Deficit)        57163.00   50252.00
> 38579.00
> Treasury Stock - Common                       -36295.00  -32156.00
>  -32176.00
> Other Equity, Total                             -286.00    -362.00
>  -372.00
> Total Equity                                   77356.00   70714.00
> 63054.00
> Total Liabilities & Shareholders&#39; Equity  911332.00  848942.00
> 1112225.00
> Shares Outs - Common Stock Primary Issue             NA         NA
> NA
> Total Common Shares Outstanding                  507.53     515.11
> 442.55
>                                             2008-11-28
> Cash & Equivalents                             15740.00
> Short Term Investments                               NA
> Cash and Short Term Investments                15740.00
> Accounts Receivable - Trade, Net               90564.00
> Receivables - Other                                  NA
> Total Receivables, Net                         90564.00
> Total Inventory                                      NA
> Prepaid Expenses                                     NA
> Other Current Assets, Total                          NA
> Total Current Assets                                 NA
> Property/Plant/Equipment, Total - Gross        17343.00
> Accumulated Depreciation, Total                -6550.00
> Goodwill, Net                                   3523.00
> Intangibles, Net                                1529.00
> Long Term Investments                         642595.00
> Other Long Term Assets, Total                 115023.00
> Total Assets                                  884547.00
> Accounts Payable                              253843.00
> Accrued Expenses                                4646.00
> Notes Payable/Short Term Debt                  68877.00
> Current Port. of LT Debt/Capital Leases        26281.00
> Other Current liabilities, Total               30508.00
> Total Current Liabilities                            NA
> Long Term Debt                                185678.00
> Capital Lease Obligations                            NA
> Total Long Term Debt                          185678.00
> Total Debt                                    280836.00
> Deferred Income Tax                                  NA
> Minority Interest                               1127.00
> Other Liabilities, Total                      244830.00
> Total Liabilities                             820178.00
> Redeemable Preferred Stock, Total                    NA
> Preferred Stock - Non Redeemable, Net          16471.00
> Common Stock, Total                             9291.00
> Additional Paid-In Capital                     31071.00
> Retained Earnings (Accumulated Deficit)        39913.00
> Treasury Stock - Common                       -32175.00
> Other Equity, Total                             -202.00
> Total Equity                                   64369.00
> Total Liabilities & Shareholders&#39; Equity  884547.00
> Shares Outs - Common Stock Primary Issue             NA
> Total Common Shares Outstanding                  442.54
> attr(,"col_desc")
> [1] "As of 2010-12-31" "As of 2009-12-31" "As of 2008-12-26" "As of
> 2008-11-28"
>
>
> > The errors I get when trying to view the data that getFinancials is
> supposed
> > to provide makes me think the function isn't working properly.
> >
> > Kind regards,
> > Devin
> >
> > On Thu, Feb 23, 2012 at 1:52 PM, Jeffrey Ryan <jeffrey.ryan@lemnica.com>
> > wrote:
> >>
> >> Warning != Error
> >>
> >> This is a result of google not using the correct end of line in the
> >> page, and/or R stripping/missing it.
> >>
> >> Either way, it doesn't matter - as it is a harmless warning.
> >>
> >> HTH
> >> Jeff
> >>
> >> On Thu, Feb 23, 2012 at 12:49 PM, Devin Newman <devinlnewman@gmail.com>
> >> wrote:
> >> > Hello r-sig-finance!
> >> >
> >> > This is my first post to the list, so I hope you can bear what might
> be
> >> > a
> >> > silly question. Previously, I've had no trouble using quantmod's
> >> > getFin()
> >> > function to pull data. However, lately it hasn't been working. I think
> >> > one
> >> > of the functions called within getFin to clean up the data isn't
> working
> >> > as
> >> > intended.
> >> >
> >> >> AAPL <- getFin('AAPL', src="google")
> >> > Warning message:
> >> > In readLines(tmp) :
> >> >  incomplete final line found on
> >> >
> >> >
> '/var/folders/rf/pz5jmyzd1q9833s7h6r5lpzr0000gn/T//RtmpwUJi6G/file2e051531243'
> >> >
> >> >> AAPL <- getFin('AAPL', src="yahoo")
> >> > Warning message:
> >> > In readLines(tmp) :
> >> >  incomplete final line found on
> >> >
> >> >
> '/var/folders/rf/pz5jmyzd1q9833s7h6r5lpzr0000gn/T//RtmpwUJi6G/file2e024d4166b'
> >> >
> >> > Regardless of 'src' I get equivalent errors, "incomplete final line".
> >> > Rather than immediately dive in and troubleshoot the code (although
> >> > perusing through it was a great lesson in how to write R), I was
> hoping
> >> > to
> >> > share my issue here to see if others had similar problems, as I don't
> >> > think
> >> > this is merely the result of a formatting change on google/yahoo
> >> > finance.
> >> >
> >> > Any help would be appreciated.
> >> >
> >> > Kind regards,
> >> > Devin Newman
> >> >
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> >> >
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> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> --
> >> Jeffrey Ryan
> >> jeffrey.ryan@lemnica.com
> >>
> >> www.lemnica.com
> >> www.esotericR.com
> >>
> >> R/Finance 2012: Applied Finance with R
> >> www.RinFinance.com
> >>
> >> See you in Chicago!!!!
> >
> >
>
>
>
> --
> Jeffrey Ryan
> jeffrey.ryan@lemnica.com
>
> www.lemnica.com
> www.esotericR.com
>
> R/Finance 2012: Applied Finance with R
> www.RinFinance.com
>
> See you in Chicago!!!!
>

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