The below is how scan() printed it in R...no obscured data here. I'm
guessing that the 'XX's are place fillers because I read in only one ticker.
The true 'source' is an SQL query. The other program isn't anything anyone
would know about here.
Thanks for any suggestions,
ben
On Sat, Sep 10, 2011
I'm assuming you don't have access to the original program and source, but
do you know what it is, and what version? (If you do have access to the
original, then just export it in a different format.) The identity of
the program
would definitely help in reverse-engineering the format or finding a w
Recap: trying to get a 'dbs' extension file into R.
I tried most of the functions in the 'forgein' package. Nothing there
worked. Scan seemed to do the best. See below... I've tired using readBin()
for hours and I haven't extracted the value I want, price.
This example is a tiny sample dbs file t
No experience with dbs files, but the foreign package might be able to help
you out.
Michael
On Sat, Sep 10, 2011 at 2:44 PM, Ben qant wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I have a bunch of data files all with "dbs" file extensions. They are
> generated via a SQL query from another program and source. Does anyo
Hello,
I have a bunch of data files all with "dbs" file extensions. They are
generated via a SQL query from another program and source. Does anyone know
(or have ideas) how to get the data from a dbs file type into R (or into
some other format that can imported to R)? I've searched online for 4 ho
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