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Process an XML document
Given the XML Document:
<shopping>
<item name=
<item name=
</shopping>
Print out the total cost of the items, e.g. $14.50
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<shopping>
<item name=
"bread" quantity="3" price="2.50"/>
<item name=
"milk" quantity="2" price="3.50"/>
</shopping>
Print out the total cost of the items, e.g. $14.50
csharp
System.Xml.XmlDocument doc = new System.Xml.XmlDocument();
doc.LoadXml(
@"<shopping>
<item name='bread' quantity='3' price='2.50'/>
<item name='milk' quantity='2' price='3.50'/>
</shopping>");
string decimalSeparator= System.Globalization.CultureInfo.CurrentCulture.NumberFormat.CurrencyDecimalSeparator;
double sum=0;
foreach(System.Xml.XmlNode nodo in doc.SelectNodes("/shopping/item")){
sum += int.Parse(nodo.Attributes["quantity"].InnerText) * double.Parse(nodo.Attributes["price"].InnerText.Replace(".",decimalSeparator));
}
Console.WriteLine("{0:#.00}",sum);
doc.LoadXml(
@"<shopping>
<item name='bread' quantity='3' price='2.50'/>
<item name='milk' quantity='2' price='3.50'/>
</shopping>");
string decimalSeparator= System.Globalization.CultureInfo.CurrentCulture.NumberFormat.CurrencyDecimalSeparator;
double sum=0;
foreach(System.Xml.XmlNode nodo in doc.SelectNodes("/shopping/item")){
sum += int.Parse(nodo.Attributes["quantity"].InnerText) * double.Parse(nodo.Attributes["price"].InnerText.Replace(".",decimalSeparator));
}
Console.WriteLine("{0:#.00}",sum);
erlang
-include_lib("xmerl/include/xmerl.hrl").
-export([get_total/1]).
get_total(ShoppingList) ->
{XmlElt, _} = xmerl_scan:string(ShoppingList),
Items = xmerl_xpath:string("/shopping/item", XmlElt),
Total = lists:foldl(fun(Item, Tot) ->
[#xmlAttribute{value = PriceString}] = xmerl_xpath:string("/item/@price", Item),
{Price, _} = string:to_float(PriceString),
[#xmlAttribute{value = QuantityString}] = xmerl_xpath:string("/item/@quantity", Item),
{Quantity, _} = string:to_integer(QuantityString),
Tot + Price*Quantity
end,
0, Items),
io:format("$~.2f~n", [Total]).
-export([get_total/1]).
get_total(ShoppingList) ->
{XmlElt, _} = xmerl_scan:string(ShoppingList),
Items = xmerl_xpath:string("/shopping/item", XmlElt),
Total = lists:foldl(fun(Item, Tot) ->
[#xmlAttribute{value = PriceString}] = xmerl_xpath:string("/item/@price", Item),
{Price, _} = string:to_float(PriceString),
[#xmlAttribute{value = QuantityString}] = xmerl_xpath:string("/item/@quantity", Item),
{Quantity, _} = string:to_integer(QuantityString),
Tot + Price*Quantity
end,
0, Items),
io:format("$~.2f~n", [Total]).
cpp rapidxml
char input[] =
"<shopping>"
" <item name=\"bread\" quantity=\"3\" price=\"2.50\"/>"
" <item name=\"milk\" quantity=\"2\" price=\"3.50\"/>"
"</shopping>";
xml_document<> doc;
doc.parse<0>(input);
xml_node<> *shopping = doc.first_node();
float total_price = 0;
for (xml_node<> *item = shopping->first_node(); item != NULL; item = item->next_sibling())
{
float item_sum = 0;
float val;
if (string(item->name()) != "item")
continue;
for (xml_attribute<> *attr = item->first_attribute(); attr != NULL; attr = attr->next_attribute())
{
string name(attr->name());
if (name == "quantity" || name == "price")
{
stringstream v(attr->value());
v >> val;
if (item_sum)
item_sum *= val;
else
item_sum = val;
}
}
total_price += item_sum;
}
cout.setf(ios::fixed, ios::floatfield);
cout << "Total price is $" << setprecision(2) << total_price << endl;
"<shopping>"
" <item name=\"bread\" quantity=\"3\" price=\"2.50\"/>"
" <item name=\"milk\" quantity=\"2\" price=\"3.50\"/>"
"</shopping>";
xml_document<> doc;
doc.parse<0>(input);
xml_node<> *shopping = doc.first_node();
float total_price = 0;
for (xml_node<> *item = shopping->first_node(); item != NULL; item = item->next_sibling())
{
float item_sum = 0;
float val;
if (string(item->name()) != "item")
continue;
for (xml_attribute<> *attr = item->first_attribute(); attr != NULL; attr = attr->next_attribute())
{
string name(attr->name());
if (name == "quantity" || name == "price")
{
stringstream v(attr->value());
v >> val;
if (item_sum)
item_sum *= val;
else
item_sum = val;
}
}
total_price += item_sum;
}
cout.setf(ios::fixed, ios::floatfield);
cout << "Total price is $" << setprecision(2) << total_price << endl;
fsharp F# 2.0 Interactive build 4.0.30319.1
#r @"C:\Program Files (x86)\Reference Assemblies\Microsoft\Framework\v3.5\System.Xml.Linq.dll"
open System
open System.Xml.Linq
//XElement Helper
let xname sname = XName.Get sname
let xmlsnippet =
let snippet = new XElement(xname "shopping")
//create bread
let bread = new XElement(xname "item")
bread.SetAttributeValue(xname "name","bread")
bread.SetAttributeValue(xname "quantity",3)
bread.SetAttributeValue(xname "price",2.50)
//add bread to snippet
snippet.Add(bread)
//create milk
let milk = new XElement(xname "item")
milk.SetAttributeValue(xname "name","milk")
milk.SetAttributeValue(xname "quantity",2)
milk.SetAttributeValue(xname "price",3.50)
//add milk to snippet
snippet.Add(milk)
snippet
let totalprice (xe: XElement) =
xe.Descendants(xname "item")
|> Seq.map(fun i -> Double.Parse(i.Attribute(xname "price").Value))
|> Seq.fold(fun acc x -> acc + x) 0.0
open System
open System.Xml.Linq
//XElement Helper
let xname sname = XName.Get sname
let xmlsnippet =
let snippet = new XElement(xname "shopping")
//create bread
let bread = new XElement(xname "item")
bread.SetAttributeValue(xname "name","bread")
bread.SetAttributeValue(xname "quantity",3)
bread.SetAttributeValue(xname "price",2.50)
//add bread to snippet
snippet.Add(bread)
//create milk
let milk = new XElement(xname "item")
milk.SetAttributeValue(xname "name","milk")
milk.SetAttributeValue(xname "quantity",2)
milk.SetAttributeValue(xname "price",3.50)
//add milk to snippet
snippet.Add(milk)
snippet
let totalprice (xe: XElement) =
xe.Descendants(xname "item")
|> Seq.map(fun i -> Double.Parse(i.Attribute(xname "price").Value))
|> Seq.fold(fun acc x -> acc + x) 0.0
fsharp
let xname sname = XName.Get sname
let xattr (elem: XElement) sname = elem.Attribute(xname sname).Value
let xml = XDocument.Load("xml.txt")
let shoppingCost =
xml.Descendants(xname "item")
|> Seq.map (fun i -> Double.Parse(xattr i "quantity"), Double.Parse(xattr i "price"))
|> Seq.sumBy (fun (quantity, price) -> quantity * price)
let xattr (elem: XElement) sname = elem.Attribute(xname sname).Value
let xml = XDocument.Load("xml.txt")
let shoppingCost =
xml.Descendants(xname "item")
|> Seq.map (fun i -> Double.Parse(xattr i "quantity"), Double.Parse(xattr i "price"))
|> Seq.sumBy (fun (quantity, price) -> quantity * price)
fsharp
// Alternative solution that uses XML Navigation, and XPath expressions to ensure that
// the items have the required attributes
let xname sname = XName.Get sname
let xattr (elem: XElement) sname = elem.Attribute(xname sname).Value
let navigator = XPathDocument("xml.txt").CreateNavigator()
let path = XPathExpression.Compile("/shopping/item[@price][@quantity]")
let names = XmlNamespaceManager(navigator.NameTable)
path.SetContext(names)
let shoppingCost =
match path.ReturnType with
| XPathResultType.NodeSet ->
navigator.Select(path)
|> Seq.cast
|> Seq.map (fun (i: XPathNavigator) ->
if i.IsNode then
let elem = XElement.Parse(i.OuterXml)
Double.Parse(xattr elem "quantity"), Double.Parse(xattr elem "price")
else
failwith "Error in expression, expecting to see a node"
)
|> Seq.sumBy (fun (quantity, price) -> quantity * price)
| _ -> failwith "Error in expression, expecting to see a node set"
// the items have the required attributes
let xname sname = XName.Get sname
let xattr (elem: XElement) sname = elem.Attribute(xname sname).Value
let navigator = XPathDocument("xml.txt").CreateNavigator()
let path = XPathExpression.Compile("/shopping/item[@price][@quantity]")
let names = XmlNamespaceManager(navigator.NameTable)
path.SetContext(names)
let shoppingCost =
match path.ReturnType with
| XPathResultType.NodeSet ->
navigator.Select(path)
|> Seq.cast
|> Seq.map (fun (i: XPathNavigator) ->
if i.IsNode then
let elem = XElement.Parse(i.OuterXml)
Double.Parse(xattr elem "quantity"), Double.Parse(xattr elem "price")
else
failwith "Error in expression, expecting to see a node"
)
|> Seq.sumBy (fun (quantity, price) -> quantity * price)
| _ -> failwith "Error in expression, expecting to see a node set"
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