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Re: Re: For interest: oil prices with FX for comparison

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• Subject: [mg103914] Re: [mg103890] Re: For interest: oil prices with FX for comparison
• From: DrMajorBob <btreat1 at austin.rr.com>
• Date: Mon, 12 Oct 2009 06:38:04 -0400 (EDT)
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• Reply-to: drmajorbob at yahoo.com

No cigar.

The first Import fails (file not found), even though clicking on the link  
(in e-mail) downloads the spreadsheet.

Methinks that Import is "not ready for prime time" on the Web.

Bobby

On Sat, 10 Oct 2009 06:11:46 -0500, Chris Degnen <degnen at cwgsy.net> wrote:

> On 9 Oct, 12:20, DrMajorBob <btre... at austin.rr.com> wrote:
>>
>> None of those file Imports work at my machine. (M7, iMac Snow Leopard)
>>
>
> Ok, this version should be 'copy&paste'-proof.  The double whitespace
> that was getting converted to a single space is now explicitly
> written, e.g. StringReplace[#, " " <> " " .. -> ","]}
>
> Will I be foiled again?!   (I doubt there's any problem with Import.)
>
> Incidentally, it takes a while to load because the oil price
> spreadsheet is quite large, and then the DateList conversions for the
> FX data aren't very quick either.
>
> Scaling the oil price in different currencies shows some interesting
> FX differences.
>
> Any coding improvement tips would be cheerfully received.  Regards
>
> (*Oil price in dollars*)
> spotPrices =
>   First@Import[
>     "http://www.eia.doe.gov/emeu/international/Crude1.xls";];
> spotPriceWTI = Cases[spotPrices[[All, {1, 4}]], {_List, _?NumericQ}];
> oilUSD = Select[spotPriceWTI, #[[1, 1]] >= 2000 &];
> (*Oil price in euros*)
> euData1 =
>   Import[
> "http://www.federalreserve.gov/releases/h10/hist/dat00_eu.txt";,
> "Data"];
> euData2 = {StringReplace[#, " " <> " " .. -> ","]} & /@ euData1;
> euData3 = Select[euData2, StringLength[#] == {16} &];
> euData4 = First[StringSplit[#, ","]] & /@ euData3;
> euData5 = {DateList[#[[1]]], ToExpression[#[[2]]]} & /@ euData4;
> oilEUR = DeleteCases[{Cases[euData5, {#[[1]], _}], #[[2]]} & /@
>     oilUSD, {{}, _}];
> (*Oil price in sterling*)
> ukData1 =
>   Import[
> "http://www.federalreserve.gov/releases/h10/hist/dat00_uk.txt";,
> "Data"];
> ukData2 = {StringReplace[#[[1]], " " <> " " .. -> ","]} & /@ ukData1;
> ukData3 = Select[ukData2, StringLength[#] == {17} &];
> ukData4 = First[StringSplit[#, ", "]] & /@ ukData3;
> ukData5 = {DateList[#[[1]]], ToExpression[#[[2]]]} & /@ ukData4;
> oilGBP = DeleteCases[{Cases[ukData5, {#[[1]], _}], #[[2]]} & /@
>     oilUSD, {{}, _}];
> (*Oil Chart showing prices in dollars,euros and sterling*)
> Manipulate[
>  DateListPlot[{oilUSD, {#[[1, 1, 1]],
>       EuroScaleFactor*#[[2]]/#[[1, 1, 2]]} & /@
>     oilEUR, {#[[1, 1, 1]],
>       SterlingScaleFactor*#[[2]]/#[[1, 1, 2]]} & /@ oilGBP},
>   ImageSize -> 600,
>   PlotLabel -> Style["Oil Prices - USD, EUR and GBP", Bold],
>   Joined -> True,
>   PlotRange -> {Automatic, {0, 160}}], {{EuroScaleFactor, 1}, 0, 2.5,
>   Appearance -> "Labeled"}, {{SterlingScaleFactor, 1}, 0, 2.5,
>   Appearance -> "Labeled"}]
>


-- 
DrMajorBob at yahoo.com

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    • From: "Chris Degnen" <degnen@cwgsy.net>