Function reference

All functions

currency_convert()

Takes a currency value and the currency type to be converted to as input and returns the converted currency value as per the current conversion rate.

fastest_slowest_currency()

This function takes currency exchange rates data as input and returns a list of two strings containing the fastest and slowest growing currency exchange rate in relation to Canadian Dollar. The data provided contains currency code in the format FX***CAD, the average exchange rate and the date.

plot_historical()

Plots the historical rate of the entered currencies within a specific period of time.

retrieve_data()

Retrieve historical daily currency exchange rates data for Canadian Dollar in CSV format from Bank of Canada website.The function pre-processes and cleans the data to transform it into a more usable format.