get_ticker_from_Bloomberg: Get ticker from Bloomberg.
In tharte/tutils: Tom's UTILity functionS

Description Usage Arguments Value Author(s) See Also Examples

Returns the selected tickers from Bloomberg

1 2	get_ticker_from_Bloomberg(tickers, field = "PX_LAST", block = 5, start = NULL, end = Sys.Date(), file = character(0))

`tickers`	`character` Bloomberg tickers to fetch
`field`	`character` Bloomberg data field
`block`	`integer` number of calendar years of data to fetch at a time (if both `start` and `end` are `NULL` then data are fetched with this block size from as far back as possible to the latest date possible in blocks of size `block`)
`start`	`character` or `Date`. starting date of complete data block: if `NULL` signals to fetch data as far back as possible
`end`	`character` or `Date` end date of complete data block: if `NULL` signals to fetch data to the latest date possible
`file`	`character` filename (with extension) to save data

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Thomas P. Harte

blpGetData, blpConnect, RBloomberg

  ## Not run: 
 ## Not run:
 ## get_ticker_from.Bloomberg("INDU INDEX", field="PX_LAST")
 ## get_ticker_from.Bloomberg("INDU INDEX", start="2008-01-01")
 ## get_ticker_from.Bloomberg("INDU INDEX", start="2008-01-01", end="2008-10-31")
  
## End(Not run)