readUrl {geneExpressionFromGEO}

Function that reads in a URL to check and verifies if it exists (function written by Janko Thyson @rappster and taken from https://stackoverflow.com/a/12195574 )

Description

Function that reads in a URL to check and verifies if it exists (function written by Janko Thyson @rappster and taken from https://stackoverflow.com/a/12195574 )

Usage

readUrl(url)

Arguments

url

the URL of a webpage

Value

the output of a webpage verification check

Examples

y <- readUrl("http://stat.ethz.ch/R-manual/R-devel/library/base/html/connections.html")