Hello,
And thanks a lot.
This is indeed very close to what I need.
I am trying to figure out how not to "lose" the headers and how to avoid
downloading labels like "(p)" together with the numerical data I am
interested in.
If anyone on the list knows how to make this minor modifications, s/he
will make my life much easier.
Cheers
Lorenzo
On Fri, 01 Nov 2013 14:25:49 +0100, Adams, Jean <jvadams at usgs.gov> wrote:
Lorenzo,
I may be able to help you get started. You can use the XML package to
grab the information >off the internet.
library(XML)
mylines <- readLines(url("http://bit.ly/1coCohq"))
closeAllConnections()mylist <- readHTMLTable(mylines,
asText=TRUE)mytable <- mylist1$xTable
However, when I look at the resulting object, mytable, it doesn't have
informative row or >column headings. Perhaps someone else can figure
out how to get that information.
Jean
On Thu, Oct 31, 2013 at 10:38 AM, Lorenzo Isella
<lorenzo.isella at gmail.com> wrote:
Dear All,
I often need to do some work on some data which is publicly available
on the EUROSTAT >>website.
I saw several ways to download automatically mainly the bulk data
from EUROSTAT to later on >>postprocess it with R, for instance
http://bit.ly/HrDICj
http://bit.ly/HrDL10
http://bit.ly/HrDTgT
However, what I would like to do is to be able to download directly
the csv file >>corresponding to a properly formatted dataset
(typically a dynamic dataset) from EUROSTAT.
To fix the ideas, please consider the dataset at the following link
http://bit.ly/1coCohq
what I would like to do is to automatically read its content into R,
or at least to >>automatically download it as a csv file (full
extraction, single file, no flags and >>footnotes) which I can then
manipulate easily.
Any suggestion is appreciated.
Cheers
Lorenzo