Lastly, because pjf, in all his glory, is parsing HTML by hand in his Finance Packages with regards to Yahoo (and if Yahoo changes the output *BAM*), instead of using the raw CSV generator, which I describe in my notes.

I too noticed this about the Finance::Quote packages and mentioned it to Paul - The module that is Finance::Quote now is more the product of a lot of code that he inherited with the package than anything else. I had looked at helping out a bit and rewriting some code to make use of HTML::TokeParser but just haven't had the time.

I will however direct Paul's attention to this thread and see what he thinks of the idea of making use of the CSV exports rather than the HTML pages with regard to Yahoo conversion figures - I can't however see any objections which he would have to such a change.

perl -e 's&&rob@cowsnet.com.au&&&split/[@.]/&&s&.com.&_&&&print'

jryan and I have talked about me approaching Paul a couple times, but I would want to offer him more than "you're doing it wrong"

This means that I'll have to reassemble and translate all of my notes about the "switches" that the server uses to offer data for the currency data, the exchange data AND the stock data. I might be able to read them and decipher them, but I wouldn't wish that on anyone.

C-.

pjf here, in all his glory. *grin* I didn't actually realise that Yahoo provided a CSV of stock-quotes, although it's certainly not surprising. I agree that using a CSV interface is far superior to dissecting the HTML.

I actually owe Finance::Quote a couple of good solid weeks of testing, applying patches, and making everything well and whole again.

For what it's worth, I have a couple of patches that have been submitted which should remove F::Q's reliance upon Yahoo for currency information. This is a very good thing, as you may have noticed that Yahoo forbid you re-distributing their information to third parties by, say, putting it on a web-page. ;)

For the record, I have no problems whatsoever in other people figuring out the best way to do things for my benefit. :)

All the very best,

Paul Fenwick
Perl Training Australia