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sub GetFactor {
 
    my ($symbol) = @_; #Expects either ^Xyy where yy = 2 letter code o
+r AAABBB=X
                       #WHERE A and B are Official three letter Countr
+y Codes, AAA
                       # being the 'From' money, and BBB
                       #being the 'To' money ex. Us dollar to British 
+Pound would be 
                       #USDGBP=X
    my $src_url = "http://finance.yahoo.com/d/quotes.csv?f=snl1d1t1c1o
+hgv&e=.csv&s=".$symbol;
    $ua = new LWP::UserAgent;
    $ua->proxy(http => 'http://<PROXY INFO>');
    $ua->agent('Mozilla/2.0 (compatible; MSIE 3.02; Win32)');
    $ua->timeout(30);

    $req = new HTTP::Request GET => $src_url;
    $req->proxy_authorization_basic('<USERNAME>', '<PWD>');
    $resp = $ua->request($req);

    if (!$resp->is_success || !$resp) {
        $errmsg = "<FONT COLOR=#FF0000>Failed to retrieve stock indice
+s --". $resp->Status_line ." $!</FONT>";
        print "$errmsg<br>\n";
        die;
    }
    #$resp->Format = <SYMBOL>,"<SOURCE>",<FACTOR>,"<LAST TRADE DATE>",
+"<LAST TRADE TIME>",N/A,N/A,N/A,N/A,N/A
    return split /,/,$resp->content;
}
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In reply to Yahoo Currency Exchange Interface by cacharbe

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