Re: [R] Downloading tab separated data from internet

2011-12-03 Thread HC
Thanks for your reply. I tried to use the postForm function of RCurl as below but do not have much clue as to how to go further with what it does. library(RCurl) stn<-"03015795" myurl<-paste("http://ida.water.usgs.gov/ida/available_records.cfm?sn=",stn,sep="";) mypage1 = readLines(myurl) # Get

Re: [R] Downloading tab separated data from internet

2011-12-03 Thread Prof Brian Ripley
AFAICS what you mean is 'how can I fill in an HTML form using R'. Answer: use package RCurl. Do study the posting guide: none of the 'at a minimum' information was given here. On 03/12/2011 04:47, HC wrote: Hi all, I am trying to download some tab separated data from the internet. The data