Error: Input year(s) is not numeric in R

[polina]

Hello guys,

I need your help regarding an error in R which is the following:

Error: Input year(s) is not numeric in R

However, I check the input (year, e.g. 2004) using the command class(2004) and the answer is numeric.

Does anyone know what is the problem and how can I fix it?

Thank you in advance.

[mishabalyasin]

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[polina]

Ok. I am trying to download edgar filings which downloads the files from the website (using the edgar package in R).

I run the following code:
install.packages("edgar")
library(edgar)
for (year in c(2004,2005,2006,2007,2008,2009,2010,2010,2011,2012,2013,2014,2015,2016,2017)){
getMasterIndex(year)
}
report <- getFilings(2017, 1720635 , 'ALL')

after running the above code, I have the following error:
Error: Input year(s) is not numeric.

[mishabalyasin]

Looking at documentation (https://www.rdocumentation.org/packages/edgar/versions/2.0.1/topics/getFilings), it looks like this - report <- getFilings(2017, 1720635 , 'ALL') - is incorrect syntax. Specifically, third parameter is supposed to be filing.year, but in your case it's 'ALL':

getFilings(cik.no, form.type, filing.year, quarter, downl.permit)

[polina]

I don't know why but this code worked before two weeks.

Anyway, thank you so much Mishabalyasin . It's works

[mishabalyasin]

Perhaps, the version has been updated recently and there were some breaking changes in the order of the arguments.

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