> get.hist.quote(instrument="INR/USD", provider="oanda", start="2005-10-20")trying URL 'http://www.oanda.com/convert/fxhistory?lang=en&date1=10%2F20%2F2005&date=11%2F01%2F2005&date_fmt=us&exch=INR&exch2=&expr=USD&expr2=&margin_fixed=0&&SUBMIT=Get+Table&format=ASCII&redirected=1' Content type 'text/html' length unknown opened URL .......... ... downloaded 13Kb 2005-10-20 2005-10-21 2005-10-22 2005-10-23 2005-10-24 2005-10-25 2005-10-26 0.02220 0.02218 0.02224 0.02224 0.02224 0.02219 0.02226 2005-10-27 2005-10-28 2005-10-29 2005-10-30 2005-10-31 2005-11-01 0.02224 0.02225 0.02224 0.02224 0.02224 0.02221 The answer is wrong. What is shown here is USD/INR, not INR/USD.
Perhaps you forgot that currency pairs are named upsidedown; e.g., USD/JPY is yen per dollar? (This is sometimes written USD-JPY to try to avoid the confusion. It is read "dollar-yen".) David L. Reiner> -----Original Message----- > From: r-help-bounces at stat.math.ethz.ch [mailto:r-help- > bounces at stat.math.ethz.ch] On Behalf Of Ajay Shah > Sent: Wednesday, November 02, 2005 5:09 AM > To: r-help at stat.math.ethz.ch > Subject: [R] Bug report on get.hist.quote > > > > get.hist.quote(instrument="INR/USD", provider="oanda",start="2005-10-> 20") > trying URL >'http://www.oanda.com/convert/fxhistory?lang=en&date1=10%2F20%2F2005&dat e> 11%2F01%2F2005&date_fmt=us&exch=INR&exch2=&expr=USD&expr2=&margin_fixed0&> &SUBMIT=Get+Table&format=ASCII&redirected=1' > Content type 'text/html' length unknown > opened URL > .......... ... > downloaded 13Kb > > 2005-10-20 2005-10-21 2005-10-22 2005-10-23 2005-10-24 2005-10-252005-10-> 26 > 0.02220 0.02218 0.02224 0.02224 0.02224 0.02219 > 0.02226 > 2005-10-27 2005-10-28 2005-10-29 2005-10-30 2005-10-31 2005-11-01 > 0.02224 0.02225 0.02224 0.02224 0.02224 0.02221 > > > The answer is wrong. What is shown here is USD/INR, not INR/USD. > > ______________________________________________ > R-help at stat.math.ethz.ch mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide! http://www.R-project.org/posting- > guide.html
> > >get.hist.quote(instrument="INR/USD", provider="oanda", start="2005-10-20") > > >trying URL 'http://www.oanda.com/convert/fxhistory?lang=en&date1=10%2F20%2F2005&date=11%2F01%2F2005&date_fmt=us&exch=INR&exch2=&expr=USD&expr2=&margin_fixed=0&&SUBMIT=Get+Table&format=ASCII&redirected=1' >Content type 'text/html' length unknown >opened URL >.......... ... >downloaded 13Kb > >2005-10-20 2005-10-21 2005-10-22 2005-10-23 2005-10-24 2005-10-25 2005-10-26 > 0.02220 0.02218 0.02224 0.02224 0.02224 0.02219 0.02226 >2005-10-27 2005-10-28 2005-10-29 2005-10-30 2005-10-31 2005-11-01 > 0.02224 0.02225 0.02224 0.02224 0.02224 0.02221 > > >The answer is wrong. What is shown here is USD/INR, not INR/USD. > > > >Ajay, This is not a bug! The answer is correct. *1 Indian Rupee = 0.02220 US Dollar on *2005-10-20 and this is also the standard way currencies are quoted. Pls read, e.g. http://fxtrade.oanda.com/currency_trading/fxbasics.shtml Best regards Adrian