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Grabbing data from html tables in ESA-archived data
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ESAhtmltableexample.R
# get data from html tables in ESA archive
# http://www.esapubs.org/archive/mono/M081/023/suppl-1.htm
library(XML)
root <- 'http://www.esapubs.org/archive/mono/M081/023'
tips <- c('limn.html', 'latitudes.html', 'fish.html', 'acronyms.html')
dat <- lapply(tips, function(t)
readHTMLTable(paste(root, t, sep='/')))
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