make parsing position independent therefore more robust

Author: jwkvam

pandas/io/data.py

@@ -96,8 +96,7 @@ def get_quote_yahoo(symbols):
     for line in lines:
         fields = line.strip().split(',')
         for i,field in enumerate(fields):
-            # assumes change_pct is in the 5th index
-            if i == 5:
+            if field[-2:] == '%"':
                 data[header[i]].append(float(field.strip('"%')))
             elif field[0] == '"':
                 data[header[i]].append( field.strip('"'))