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@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> > > -- > Mark Wieder > ahsoftw...@gmail.com _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
