Date:         Wed, 28 Oct 2009 03:40:13 -0700
Reply-To:     Eli Kling <eli@ACERCORNER.COM>
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From:         Eli Kling <eli@ACERCORNER.COM>
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Subject:      reading in XML data
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I am having trouble reading an xml file I got from a client (well I
have 50 of them). Before I go to the good old data step and parse it
myself, I wonder if there is an elegant way of doing this. The
structure is a follows:

<?xml version="1."?>
<test>
        <frame value="1">
                <node name="node1">
                        <attribute name="a1" value="1"></attribute>
                        <attribute name="a2" value="0"></attribute>
                        <attribute name="a3" value="0"></attribute>
                        <attribute name="a4" value="0"></attribute>
                        <attribute name="a5" value="4.681483335"></attribute>
                        <attribute name="a6" value="1.870251177"></attribute>
                        <attribute name="a7" value="7.635592512"></attribute>
                        <attribute name="a8" value="1"></attribute>
                        <attribute name="a9" value="1"></attribute>
                        <attribute name="a10" value="1"></attribute>
                </node>
                <node name="node2">
                        <attribute name="a1" value="1"></attribute>
                        <attribute name="a2" value="-0.009869254665"></attribute>
                        <attribute name="a20" value="0.03694603221"></attribute>
                        <attribute name="a21" value="0.1336173431"></attribute>
                        <attribute name="a6" value="0"></attribute>
                        <attribute name="a10" value="0"></attribute>
                        <attribute name="a17" value="0"></attribute>
                        <attribute name="a50" value="1"></attribute>
                        <attribute name="a55" value="1"></attribute>
                        <attribute name="a56" value="1"></attribute>
                </node>


Yes, each node has its own attributes where some are shared - but this
is probably a read hering.