/* libstocks - Library to get current stock quotes from Yahoo Finance * * Copyright (C) 2000 Eric Laeuffer * * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or * modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either * version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. * * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU * Library General Public License for more details. * * You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public * License along with this library; if not, write to the * Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, * Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA. */ #define __CURRENCY_C__ #include #include #include #include #include "stocks.h" /*****************************************************************************/ /* returns the currency exchange rate of "from" currency into */ /* "into" currency. */ /*****************************************************************************/ libstocks_return_code get_currency_exchange(char *from, char *into, float *exchange) { char *symbol; stock *data; libstocks_return_code error; if((symbol = (char *)malloc(strlen(from)+strlen(into)+3))==NULL) { fprintf(stderr,"Memory allocating error (%s line %d)\n" ,__FILE__, __LINE__); exit(1); } strcpy(symbol, from); strcat(symbol, into); strcat(symbol, "=X"); error = get_stocks(symbol, &data); free(symbol); if (error) { *exchange = 0; return error; } *exchange = data->CurrentPrice; free_stocks(data); return error; }