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...ion of R.matlab and older version because of bug https://stat.ethz.ch/pipermail/r-help/2008-September/173432.html A <- matrix(1:27, ncol=3) B <- as.matrix(1:10) fn <- paste(tempfile(), ".mat", sep="") writeMat(fn, A=A, B=B) data <- readMat(fn) print(data) unlink(fn) onWrite <- function(x) writeBin(x$length, con=x$con, size=4, endian="big"); writeMat(fn, A=A, B=B, onWrite=onWrite) Does generate a file in /tmp/Rtmpjhfjxw -rw-r--r-- 1 dst dst 396 2008-09-27 12:46 file643c9869.mat When I try to read it into Matlab I get ??? Error using ==> load Unable...

I would like to load the producer price indexes of BLS (Bureau of Labor Statistics) into R: For example, Commodity Data in http://www.bls.gov/ppi/ There are many tables there. I was wondering if you knew some R-package/function that can do this or any basic idea onwriting functions to load data that can be loaded from web. Thanks, -james