getQuote              package:quantmod              R Documentation

_D_o_w_n_l_o_a_d _C_u_r_r_e_n_t _S_t_o_c_k _Q_u_o_t_e

_D_e_s_c_r_i_p_t_i_o_n:

     Fetch current stock quote from specified source.  At present this
     only handle sourcing quotes from Yahoo Finance, but it will be
     extended to additional sources over time.

_U_s_a_g_e:

     getQuote(Symbols, src = "yahoo")

_A_r_g_u_m_e_n_t_s:

 Symbols: character string of symbol 

     src: source of data (only yahoo is implemented) 

_V_a_l_u_e:

     Returns a zoo object of one row, with timestamp of class POSIXct.

_A_u_t_h_o_r(_s):

     Jeffrey A. Ryan

_R_e_f_e_r_e_n_c_e_s:

     Yahoo! Finance <URL: finance.yahoo.com>

_S_e_e _A_l_s_o:

     'getSymbols'

_E_x_a_m_p_l_e_s:

     ## Not run: 
     getQuote("AAPL")
     ## End(Not run)

