XML Tutorial

Peter Haworth pete at lcsql.com
Fri Mar 13 13:52:41 EDT 2015


Hi Graham,
I had a similar need a few weeks back for a fairly simple XML file.  I
found it quicker and easier to parse the file myself using LC's standard
chunks than to spend time learning the ins and outs of XML.  Of course,
that means I still know nothing about XML but I can live with that ;-)

On Fri, Mar 13, 2015 at 10:48 AM Graham Samuel <livfoss at mac.com> wrote:

> Not for the first time, I’m trying to get to grips with XML. I have to
> analyse some fairly trivial files (.gpx files, which show a geographical
> position, elevation and time). I find the explanation in the LC User Guide
> pretty tough, partly because they leave out elementary stuff about how
> legal XML is formed, partly because it’s got errors in it, and partly
> because the example they use isn’t rich enough. Oh and partly because I am
> slow and grumpy about this particular subject.
>
> Long ago, I know Sarah Reichelt wrote some kind of tutorial but I can’t
> find it. Can anyone help with this or any other ‘XML for dummies’ type
> stuff? I just want to do simple things like put attributes into arrays.
>
> TIA
>
> Graham
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