XML To Array

[Bob Sneidar]

Oh good point. Didn't think about duplicates. Obviously I don't really understand xml too well. I've been thinking of it as a text representation of a database where unique keys would be maintained somehow. 

What I was hoping to do was take known SMB registrations from a Konica and integrate them into the XML file Toshiba uses to export/import those registrations. I was hoping to convery to an array, which I know how to manipulate, add the entries, then convert back to an XML file for import. 

Bob S


> On Jul 2, 2019, at 16:16 , Mark Wieder via use-livecode <use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:
> 
>> Hi all.
>> I'm revisiting converting XML to Array. Toshiba has an export file for their scan templates in XML format. It's pretty complicated as you can imagine. I was hoping that I could use Trevor's XML to Array functions to get nodes that look something like:
>> JobTemplates
>> 	GroupList
>> 		Group1
>> 			Template1
>> 			Template2
>> 			Template3...
>> 		Group2
>> 			Template1
>> 			Template2...
> 
> What are you hoping to get out of xml-to-array? Given that keys aren't guaranteed to be unique, I think what you're seeing there makes sense. Otherwise you'll stand the chance of losing data in translation. If you don't convert to a numeric form with a concordance, as Trevor has done, I don't see you you could possibly convert this xml to an array:
> 
> <combine class="TV_Show">
>    <sources>
>        <agent>com.plexapp.agents.none</agent>
>        <agent>com.plexapp.agents.localmedia</agent>
>    </sources>
> </combine>
> 
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