In addition to the general tools of the XML package, I also had code that read documents with a similar structure to the ones Andy illustrated. I put them and simple examples of using them at the bottom of
http://www.omegahat.org/RSXML/ page. D. On 12/23/11 5:50 PM, Ben Tupper wrote: > Hi Andy, > > On Dec 23, 2011, at 2:51 PM, pl.r...@gmail.com wrote: > >> I need to construct a custom XML reader, the files I'm working with are in >> funky XML format: >> >> <str name="author">Paul H</str> >> <str name="country">USA</str> >> <date name="created_date">2010-02-16</date> >> >> I want to read the file so it looks like: >> >> author = Paul H >> country = USA >> created_date=2010-02-16 >> >> Does any one know how to go about this problem, or know of good references i >> could access? >> > > > Have you tried Duncan Temple Lang's XML package for R? It works very well > for parsing and building XML formatted data. > > http://www.omegahat.org/RSXML/ > > Cheers, > Ben > > > >> Thanks, >> Andy >> >> >> -- >> View this message in context: >> http://r.789695.n4.nabble.com/Custom-XML-Readers-tp4229614p4229614.html >> Sent from the R help mailing list archive at Nabble.com. >> >> ______________________________________________ >> R-help@r-project.org mailing list >> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help >> PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html >> and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. > > Ben Tupper > Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences > 180 McKown Point Rd. P.O. Box 475 > West Boothbay Harbor, Maine 04575-0475 > http://www.bigelow.org > > ______________________________________________ > R-help@r-project.org mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.