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| Name | XML |
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| Examples |
// The following short XML file called "mammals.xml" is parsed
// in the code below. It must be in the project's "data" folder.
//
// <?xml version="1.0"?>
// <mammals>
// <animal id="0" species="Capra hircus">Goat</animal>
// <animal id="1" species="Panthera pardus">Leopard</animal>
// <animal id="2" species="Equus zebra">Zebra</animal>
// </mammals>
XML xml;
void setup() {
xml = loadXML("mammals.xml");
XML[] children = xml.getChildren("animal");
for (int i = 0; i < children.length; i++) {
int id = children[i].getInt("id");
String coloring = children[i].getString("species");
String name = children[i].getContent();
println(id + ", " + coloring + ", " + name);
}
}
// Sketch prints:
// 0, Capra hircus, Goat
// 1, Panthera pardus, Leopard
// 2, Equus zebra, Zebra
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| Description |
XML is a representation of an XML object, able to parse XML code. Use loadXML() to load external XML files and create XML objects. Only files encoded as UTF-8 (or plain ASCII) are parsed properly; the encoding parameter inside XML files is ignored. |
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| Related | loadXML() parseXML() saveXML() |
