Option Explicit

Function FXRate(currency1 As String, currency2 As String, rateType As String) As

Double
Dim str As String
Dim temp As String
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bidStart As Long
bidEnd As Long
askStart As Long
askEnd As Long
openStart As Long
openEnd As Long
closeStart As Long
closeEnd As Long

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bid As Double
ask As Double
ropen As Double
rclose As Double

str = "http://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=" & currency1 & currency2 & "=X"

temp = ExecuteWebRequest(str)
bidStart = InStr(temp, "Bid:")
bidEnd = InStr(bidStart, temp, "")
bid = Mid(temp, bidStart + 65, bidEnd - bidStart - 72)
askStart = InStr(temp, "Ask:")
askEnd = InStr(askStart, temp, "")
ask = Mid(temp, askStart + 65, askEnd - askStart - 72)
openStart = InStr(temp, "Open:")
openEnd = InStr(openStart, temp, "")
ropen = Mid(temp, openStart + 38, openEnd - openStart - 38)
closeStart = InStr(temp, "Prev Close:")
closeEnd = InStr(closeStart, temp, "")
rclose = Mid(temp, closeStart + 44, closeEnd - closeStart - 44)
If rateType = "ask" Then
FXRate = ask
ElseIf rateType = "bid" Then
FXRate = bid
ElseIf rateType = "open" Then
FXRate = ropen
ElseIf rateType = "close" Then
FXRate = rclose
End If
End Function
Function ExecuteWebRequest(ByVal url As String) As String
Dim oXHTTP As Object
If InStr(1, url, "?", 1) <> 0 Then
url = url & "&cb=" & Timer() * 100

Else
url = url & "?cb=" & Timer() * 100
End If
Set oXHTTP = CreateObject("MSXML2.XMLHTTP")
oXHTTP.Open "GET", url, False
oXHTTP.send
ExecuteWebRequest = oXHTTP.responseText
Set oXHTTP = Nothing
End Function