It might be easier to work with the .xls file that you can download from a link on this page: http://www.federalreserve.gov/pubs/feds/2006/200628/200628abs.html
hope it helps, Garrett On Sun, Oct 11, 2015 at 5:02 PM, Mahmoud Shammaa <msham...@uchicago.edu> wrote: > Hello, > Does anyone have any tips or suggestions regarding reading the rates that > Gurkaynak, Sack and Wright are updating on this website: > http://www.federalreserve.gov/econresdata/researchdata/feds200628_1.html > While I know how to scrape an html page the issue is that they have the > pages going from oldest to newest so It is not easily apparent where the > latest data is: > As of right now it is on page 29... > http://www.federalreserve.gov/econresdata/researchdata/feds200628_29.html > . > > the problem is that this will change > What is even more frustrating that if you go to > http://www.federalreserve.gov/econresdata/researchdata/feds200628_30.html > data exists but it is not clear in what sequence ... it seems to be draft > data.. > > So I am not sure if anyone on this list has recommendations regarding > unruly webpages .. > > Thanks, > Mido Shammaa > > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] > > _______________________________________________ > R-SIG-Finance@r-project.org mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-sig-finance > -- Subscriber-posting only. If you want to post, subscribe first. > -- Also note that this is not the r-help list where general R questions > should go. _______________________________________________ R-SIG-Finance@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-sig-finance -- Subscriber-posting only. If you want to post, subscribe first. -- Also note that this is not the r-help list where general R questions should go.