function[VALUE,DATE]=fredget reply = input('Enter the name of the series you want:', 's'); name = reply ; ext = 'csv'; add=strcat('https://api.stlouisfed.org/fred/series/observations?series_id=', name, '&api_key=8e68ea55b86dd48ca3a2243d5e0c771a&file_type=json'); datatemp=webread(add); cdata={datatemp.observations.value}; cdate={datatemp.observations.date}; k=length(cdata); for i=1:k data(i,1)=str2double(cdata(i)); date(i,1)=(cdate(i)); end filename1=num2str(strcat('data','.',name, '.mat')); save(filename1,'data') filename2=num2str(strcat('date','.',name, '.mat')); save(filename2,'date') VALUE=data; DATE=date;