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Asked: 2026-05-28T17:37:06+00:00

I am trying to webscrape an OECD table with R. library(XML) OECD <- readHTMLTable(‘http://stats.oecd.org/Index.aspx?DataSetCode=MEI_CLI’)

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I am trying to webscrape an OECD table with R.

library(XML)
OECD <- readHTMLTable('http://stats.oecd.org/Index.aspx?DataSetCode=MEI_CLI')
OECD<- data.frame(rawOECD[[1]])

I have managed to get the basic table with the above code but I am having trouble getting it into a presentable form.

I would be grateful for your help.

Kind regards,

Adam

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  1. Editorial Team

    How about this?

    library(XML)
OECD <- readHTMLTable('http://stats.oecd.org/Index.aspx?DataSetCode=MEI_CLI',stringsAsFactors = FALSE)

n.rows <- unlist(lapply(OECD, function(t) dim(t)[1]))
out <-as.data.frame(OECD[[which.max(n.rows)]])
colnames(out) <-c("Date",out[7,-ncol(out)]) #add row names
out <-out[-(1:9),]  #clean up
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