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nextinfo

Retrieve information about next Haver Analytics variable

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    Syntax

    d = nextinfo(c,variable)

    Description

    d = nextinfo(c,variable) returns a structure containing information for the next Haver Analytics® variable, where c is either a haver or haverdirect connection object.

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    Examples

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    Establish a haver connection.

    c = haver('d:\work\haver\data\usecon.dat');

    Retrieve information for the variable that follows FFED. 

    variable = "FFED";
d = nextinfo(c,variable)

    d = 

  struct with fields:

     VarName: 'FFED2'
   StartDate: '01-Jan-1991'
     EndDate: '31-Dec-1998'
   NumberObs: 2088
   Frequency: 'D'
 DateTimeMod: '02-Apr-2007 20:46:37'
   Magnitude: 0
DecPrecision: 2
     DifType: 1
     AggType: 'AVG'
    DataType: '%'
       Group: 'Z05'
      Source: 'FRB'
  Descriptor: 'Federal Funds [Effective] Rate (% p.a.)'
 ShortSource: 'History'
  LongSource: 'Historical Series'

    Close the haver connection.

    close(c)

    Establish a haver connection.

    c = haver('d:\work\haver\data\usecon.dat');

    Set the data return format to a table by using the DataReturnFormat property of the haver object.

    c.DataReturnFormat = 'table';

    Request information for the variable that follows ABQ.

    variable = "ABQ";
d = nextinfo(c,variable)

    d =

  1×16 table

    VarName       StartDate         EndDate       NumberObs    Frequency         DateTimeMod          Magnitude    DecPrecision    DifType    AggType    DataType    Group    Source                  Descriptor                   ShortSource               LongSource            
    ________    _____________    _____________    _________    _________    ______________________    _________    ____________    _______    _______    ________    _____    ______    _______________________________________    ___________    _________________________________

    'ACPIF1'    '01-Jan-1967'    '01-Apr-2015'     580.00         'M'       '22-May-2015 14:38:33'      0.00           2.00         1.00       'NA'        '%'       'P25'    'STLF'    'Atlanta Fed Flexible CPI (SAAR, %chg)'     'FRBATL'      'Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta'

    Close the haver connection.

    close(c)

    Input Arguments

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    Haver Analytics connection, specified as a haver or haverdirect connection object.

    Haver Analytics variable, specified as a character vector or string scalar.

    Example: "FFED"

    Version History

    Introduced in R2007a

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