[R] parse an HTML page with verbose error message (using XML)

I'm using the function htmlParse() in the XML package, and I need a little bit help on error handling while parsing an HTML page. So far I can use either the default way: # error = xmlErrorCumulator(), by default library(XML) doc = htmlParse(http://www.public.iastate.edu/~pdixon/stat500/;) # the

Re: [R] parse an HTML page with verbose error message (using XML)

Hi Yihui It took me a moment to see the error message as the latest development version of the XML package suppresses/hides them by default for htmlParse(). You can provide your own function via the error parameter. If you just want to see more detailed error messages on the console you can