[Gretl-users] Re: Import data from ECDC for corona virus
On Sun, 22 Mar 2020, Sven Schreiber wrote:
Am 22.03.2020 um 10:52 schrieb Clive Nicholas:
> But not for me, irritatingly (mine is up to date, and I can open .xlsx
> files through LibreOffice):
>
> gretl version 2020b-git
> Current session: 2020-03-22 09:38
>
> ? string site =
"https://www.ecdc.europa.eu/sites/default/files/documents/"
> Generated string site
> ? string fname =
> "COVID-19-geographic-distribution-worldwide-2020-03-21.xlsx"
I think Allin's point was that there's a typo in the file name which you
have to copy verbatim, while you corrected it automatically?
Yes. Jack faithfully transcribed the mis-spelled "disbtribution" in
the link, and if you "correct" the spelling (as Clive apparently
did) the link won't work.
Allin