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# Author: @BrockTibert | |
# Purpose: Collect Historical NHL Skater Stats 1960 - 2011 (in progress) | |
# Date: February 2011 | |
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# Used: R Version 2.12.1, Windows 7 Pro, StatET Plugin for Eclipse | |
# | |
# # Copyright (c) 2011, under the Simplified BSD License. | |
# For more information on FreeBSD see: http://www.opensource.org/licenses/bsd-license.php | |
# All rights reserved. |
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# LOAD LIBRARIES REQUIRED | |
library(plyr); | |
library(XML) | |
# FIGURE OUT PATTERN OF URL FOR EACH SEASON | |
url.b1 = 'http://ca.sports.yahoo.com/nhl/stats/byposition?pos=C,RW,LW,D'; | |
url.b2 = '&sort=14&conference=NHL&year=season_'; | |
url.b3 = y; |