In particular try this: > Lines <- ' + <root> + <data loc="1"> + <val i="t1"> 22 </val> + <val i="t2"> 45 </val> + </data> + <data loc="2"> + <val i="t1"> 44 </val> + <val i="t2"> 11 </val> + </data> + </root> + ' > > library(XML) > doc <- xmlTreeParse(Lines, asText = TRUE, trim = TRUE, useInternalNodes = > TRUE) > root <- xmlRoot(doc) > > data1 <- getNodeSet(root, "//data")[[1]] > xmlValue(getNodeSet(data1, "//val")[[1]]) [1] " 22 " >
On Sun, Sep 7, 2008 at 11:42 AM, Dirk Eddelbuettel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 7 September 2008 at 10:22, Antje wrote: > | I try to rewrite some Java-code with R. It deals with reading XML files. I > [...] > | Now, I'd like to do something like this in R. Most important would be to > | retrieve a node just by its name, not by the whole path. How is it possible? > | > | Can anybody help me with this issue? > > Have you looked at the "XML" package for R ? > > Dirk > > -- > Three out of two people have difficulties with fractions. > > ______________________________________________ > R-help@r-project.org mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. > ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
