Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!iuvax!maytag!looking!brad From: brad@looking.on.ca (Brad Templeton) Newsgroups: comp.lang.c Subject: Re: Currency Quotes Message-ID: <111941@looking.on.ca> Date: 11 Mar 90 19:52:54 GMT References: <803@xyzzy.UUCP> <8229@hubcap.clemson.edu> <490595bc.1a5bf@moth.engin.umich.edu> <756@dino.cs.iastate.edu> <658@sagpd1.UUCP> Organization: Looking Glass Software Ltd. Lines: 104 Class: news,reprint Actually, it would not be hard to write a simple sed script to map the daily postings of the currency quotes to clari.biz.finance to 'units' format and put them on the end of the unittab each day. A simple news sys line entry can pipe all articles in that group. Here is a free sample of Thursday's quotes for those who want to update their unittab file right now. From: clarinews@clarinet.com Newsgroups: clari.biz.finance Subject: Foreign Exchange Rates 3-8 Keywords: foreign exchange, money Date: 8 Mar 90 22:38:02 GMT Lines: 83 ACategory: financial Slugword: forex Priority: regular Format: regular, close _F_O_R_E_I_G_N _E_X_C_H_A_N_G_E NEW YORK (UPI) -- Foreign Exchange interbank buyer rates and foreign currency equivalents, provided by American Security Bank, Washington, D.C. Retail transactions provide fewer units of foreign currency per dollar. U.S.$ Currency Equivalent Per U.S. $ Thu Wed Thu Wed Argntn austrl .000212 .000190 4720.00 5270.00 Australia dlr .7609 .7603 1.3142 1.3153 Austria schill .0836 .0834 11.96 11.99 Belgium frnc-c .0283 .0282 35.32 35.42 Belgium frnc-f .0283 .0283 35.36 35.35 Brazil cruzado 0.0294 0.0303 34.0000 33.0000 Britain pound 1.6390 1.6450 0.6101 0.6079 Britain 1-mo 1.6494 1.6358 0.6063 0.6113 Britain 3-mo 1.6123 1.6184 0.6202 0.6179 Britain 6-mo 1.5865 1.5925 0.6303 0.6279 Canada dollar .8472 .8455 1.1803 1.1828 Canada 1-mo .8439 .8420 1.1850 1.1876 Canada 3-mo .8462 .8357 1.1817 1.1966 Canada 6-mo .8294 .8272 1.2057 1.2089 Chile peso-f .003509 .003511 285.01 284.79 China yuan .2378 .2378 4.2050 4.2050 Colombia pes .002218 .002221 450.85 450.28 Denmark krne .1534 .1528 6.5195 6.5435 Ecudr sucr-z .001407 .001407 710.82 710.82 Egypt pound .3841 .3855 2.6037 2.5937 Finlnd mrkka .2498 .2496 4.0030 4.0060 France franc .1740 .1742 5.7455 5.7405 France 1-mo .1738 .1739 5.7547 5.7499 France 3-mo .1731 .1732 5.7772 5.7728 France 6-mo .1721 .1722 5.8105 5.8058 Greece drach .006239 .006235 160.29 160.39 Hollnd guildr .5227 .5226 1.9130 1.9135 HongKong dlr .1280 .1280 7.8122 7.8100 India rupee .0589 .0589 16.97 16.97 Indo'sa rupia .000554 .000554 1805.00 1805.00 Iran rial .0142 .0142 70.30 70.30 Iraq dinar 3.2446 3.2446 0.3082 0.3082 Ireland punt 1.5680 1.5662 0.6378 0.6385 Israel shekel .5051 .5051 1.9800 1.9800 Italy lira .000797 .000798 1254.75 1253.00 Japan yen .006621 .006656 151.03 150.25 Japan 1-mo .006627 .006661 150.90 150.12 Japan 3-mo .006638 .006672 150.64 149.88 Japan 6-mo .006652 .006685 150.32 149.58 Jordan dinar 1.5076 1.5076 0.6633 0.6633 Kuwait dinar 3.4329 3.4329 0.2913 0.2913 Lebanon pnd .001837 .001837 544.35 544.35 Mexico pes-z .000365 .000365 2742.00 2742.00 N.Zealand dlr .5885 .5875 1.6992 1.7021 Norway krne .1524 .1520 6.5625 6.5775 Pakistn rupee .0472 .0472 21.18 21.18 Peru inti .000074 .000073 13590.0 13790.0 P'pnes peso-z .0453 .0453 22.06 22.06 Portugl escd .006699 .006689 149.28 149.49 Saudi riyal .2668 .2668 3.7480 3.7480 Singapore dlr .5342 .5333 1.8720 1.8752 S.Africa rand .3882 .3886 2.5760 2.5735 S.Korea won .001451 .001454 688.99 687.70 Spain peseta .009165 .009122 109.11 109.63 Sweden krona .1624 .1618 6.1575 6.1790 Switzrl franc .6633 .6669 1.5075 1.4995 Switzrl 1-mo .6631 .6667 1.5081 1.5000 Swirzrl 3-mo .6626 .6662 1.5093 1.5011 Switzrl 6-mo .6616 .6664 1.5115 1.5005 Taiwan dollar .0385 .0385 25.98 25.96 Turkey lira .000415 .000416 2412.00 2406.00 UAE dirham .2725 .2725 3.6700 3.6700 Urug'y peso-z .001181 .001181 847.00 847.00 Venez bolivr-z .0238 .0238 42.01 42.01 W.Ger Mark .5882 .5884 1.7000 1.6995 W.Ger 1-mo .5884 .5886 1.6994 1.6990 W.Ger 3-mo .5883 .5885 1.6997 1.6991 W.Ger 6-mo .5875 .5876 1.7020 1.7017 Yugosl dinar 0.0857 0.0855 11.67 11.69 ------ c-Commercial; f-Financial; z-Floating; x-N.Y. Money Market. Interbank Buyers Rates Source: American Security Bank, Washington, D.C. -- Brad Templeton, ClariNet Communications Corp. -- Waterloo, Ontario 519/884-7473