Bill - when you click on the "Download" button, this is the string that gets sent (for my request): http://ichart.finance.yahoo.com/table.csv?s=%5EGSPC&a=00&b=3&c=1950&d=06&e=28&f=2007&g=d&ignore=.csv
Decoding this from knowing what I requested: Var Value Meaning s '^GSPC' Symbol for S&P returns a 00 month-1 for start of series (January) b 3 day for start of series c 1950 year for start of series d 06 month-1 for end of series (July) e 28 day for end of series=today f 2007 year for end of series g d ? ignore .csv Maybe the file format? Apologies for the hash my mail editor makes of the neat table I assembled. So I could build a string like this and use "wget" to pull it into J? Regards, Devon On 7/28/07, Bill Harris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Elmer Fittery <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > If you click this, you will have displayed the historical stock data for > > about 1 month. If you scroll to the bottom of the screen, you can > > select "Download To Spreadsheet". > > Cool. If that's a link and not a Javascript, perhaps wget is your > friend. > > > Now all I have to do is find some J code that will the tab deleated data > > file and turn it into an J array. > > Perhaps > > load'csv' > data=: readcsv filename > > Bill > - -- > Bill Harris http://facilitatedsystems.com/weblog/ > Facilitated Systems Everett, WA 98208 USA > http://facilitatedsystems.com/ phone: +1 425 337-5541 > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (MingW32) > Comment: For more information, see http://www.gnupg.org > > iD8DBQFGq4Du3J3HaQTDvd8RAgY1AJ9FdtTO6aTYz63f5H1oUruQlSxBxwCcCGzb > QgzsmyyhFkgHEpxx+CxihNI= > =adcf > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > -- Devon McCormick, CFA ^me^ at acm. org is my preferred e-mail ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
