BatchGetSymbols - reshape output

Question

I like to use the advanted of BatchgetSymbols. Any advice how I can best manipulate the output to receive the format below?

symbols_RP <- c(\'VDNR.L\',\'VEUD.         


        

Answer 1

Using dplyr and tidyr. I'm selecting price.adjusted, but you can use any of the prices you need.

library(dplyr)
library(tidyr)

prices %>% 
  select(ref.date, ticker, price.adjusted) %>% # select columns before pivot_wider
  pivot_wider(names_from = ticker, values_from = price.adjusted)

# A tibble: 352 x 7
   ref.date   GLRE.L IDTL.L IGLN.L VDEM.L VDNR.L VEUD.L
                   
 1 2019-01-02   NA    NA      25.2   51.0   60.6   30.2
 2 2019-01-03   32.2   4.50   25.3   50.3   59.7   30.1
 3 2019-01-04   32.6   4.47   25.2   51.7   60.9   30.9
 4 2019-01-07   32.8   4.47   25.3   51.8   61.8   31.0
 5 2019-01-08   32.8   4.44   25.2   51.9   62.0   31.3
 6 2019-01-09   33.3   4.43   25.3   53.0   62.7   31.7
 7 2019-01-10   33.5   4.41   25.3   53.2   62.7   31.7
 8 2019-01-11   33.8   4.40   25.3   53.1   62.8   31.6
 9 2019-01-14   33.8   4.41   25.3   52.7   62.7   31.4
10 2019-01-15   34.0   4.41   25.3   53.1   63.1   31.4
# ... with 342 more rows

Note from BatchGetSymbols :

IEMB.L OUT: not enough data (thresh.bad.data = 75%)