Re: any suggestions for reading in a XML file?

[Sergei Steshenko]

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> Subject: any suggestions for reading in a XML file?
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> Dear all,
> 
> From the io-1.0.20 I understand that reading an xml file is not yet 
> implemented. 
> I started writing a script to read in an xml file like
> 
> <tag1 spec1=x spec2=y>
> <tag2>
>   <tag3>blah</tag3>
>   <tag3>blahblah</tag3>
> </tag2>
> </tag1>
> 
> For ease of use and generality I would like to read in all values as strings. 
> As 
> an example I'd like to end up with a
> 
> structure.tag1.tag2.tag3="blah"
> 
> But since there can be several <tag3>s, I think I need to put them 
> together into 
> structure.tag1.tag2.tag3{1,1:2}  (or any other size).
> 
> This however prohibits me of creating further sub groups like .tag3.tag4, 
> since 
> tag3 is now an 'end station', being a cell.
> 
> Is there a way to make tag3 contain subgroups and ALSO give assign a value or 
> matrix to tag3?
> 
> My choice for a struct is based on my preference for 'easy scrolling' 
> through the structure. Once the XML file is read in, I call the 
> structure.<TAB> on the command line to see what its subgroups are.
> 
> Any suggestions are welcome on the approach or philosophy (or anything).
> 
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Rather take a scripting language (Perl or Python) and use coming with it XML 
parser, e.g. http://search.cpan.org/search?query=XML+parser&mode=all -> 
http://search.cpan.org/~toddr/XML-Parser-2.41/Parser.pm .

It should be trivial to convert data from Perl/Python data structure in Octave 
one.

Regards,
  Sergei.