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--- In amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "dingo" <dingo@xxx> wrote:
>
> Check your mail.
> 
> d 

Why did your name spring to mind when I said *kind hearted 
scripters*? ;-)

I'll look into it.

Thanks,

Brian.

> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
> > [mailto:amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of brian_z321
> > Sent: Wednesday, May 23, 2007 10:23 PM
> > To: amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: [amibroker] Re: OT: Yahoo data downloads
> > 
> > If any one is interested let's make the first target an easy one.
> > Ee could start with something simple like a script to download 
all of 
> > the a* or a-aa listings for the NYSE.
> > 
> > >From there we could progress to getting all of the b* listings 
and 
> > then try another market for the a*'s.
> > 
> > Possibly target2 could be to get sectors/inustries for all of the 
> > NYSE a* listings.
> > 
> > With that info I am sure people could work their way up the 
ladder.
> > 
> > No need for anything fancy to start.
> > Just get an example list and export it to a .CSV file with a 
script.
> > 
> > Any kind hearted scripters out there?
> > 
> > Brian.
> > 
> > --- In amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "brian_z321" <brian_z321@> 
wrote:
> > >
> > > At the time of writing Yahoo!Finance lists 37,696 tickers from 
> > approx 
> > > 523 exchanges world wide.
> > > 
> > > They even list the NZ exchange when nobody, except those from 
Rugby 
> > > Union playing nations, even know that the country exits.
> > > 
> > > My programming expertise doesn't extend past what I have learnt 
> > from 
> > > AmiBroker in one single year but I am seriously thinking that I 
> > could 
> > > manage to learn how to scrape that list for my own use.
> > > 
> > > Instead of depending on others why not do it for ourselves?
> > > 
> > > How about a public project, right on this site, where a 
community 
> > > effort lays out the script, or an example of it, so that we can 
all 
> > > learn how to do it and manage our own updates and script tuning 
in 
> > > future.
> > > 
> > > Pie in the sky?
> > > 
> > > 
> > > Positions vacant:
> > > 
> > > Project leader, programmers, secretary and working bees.
> > > 
> > > 
> > > Put up now or for ever hold your peace.
> > > 
> > > 
> > > http://biz.yahoo.com/i/
> > > 
> > > http://finance.yahoo.com/exchanges
> > > 
> > > Brian.
> > > 
> > > P.S. in the unlikely event that we actually do something I will 
be 
> > > watching from the bleaches; sorry I'm too bsuy elsewhere and 
lack 
> > the 
> > > skill-set for a public effort.
> > >
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
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> > 
> >
>




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