R/utils-download.R

In fImport: Rmetrics - Importing Economic and Financial Data

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# FUNCTION:               DESCRIPTION:
#  composeURL              Compose URL from partial strings
#  indexGrep               Greps Lines given a pattern
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composeURL <- 
    function(..., prefix = "http://")
{
    # A function implemented by Diethelm Wuertz
    
    # Description:
    #   Compose URL from partial strings
    
    # FUNCTION:
    
    # Return Value:
    paste(prefix, ..., sep = "")
}


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indexGrep <- 
    function(pattern, x, ...)
{
    # A function implemented by Diethelm Wuertz
    
    # Description:
    #   Greps Lines given a pattern
    
    # FUNCTION:
    
    # Return Value:
    x[grep(pattern, x, ...)]
}


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