Re: any suggestions for reading in a XML file?

[Juan Pablo Carbajal]

On Wed, Nov 28, 2012 at 1:21 PM,  <address@hidden> wrote:
> 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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You can wrapp around python librarie sfor parsing xml like etree and
such. Check the package geometry in the io subpackage, I am using
inkex.py (from Inkscape) to read svg files (basically an xml)
http://sourceforge.net/p/octave/code/11459/tree/trunk/octave-forge/main/geometry/inst/io/

Cheers