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XML
Parsing

Process an XML document

Given the XML Document:

<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
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ruby
#!/usr/bin/env ruby

# needed to parse xml
require 'rexml/document'

# grab the file
file = File.new('shop.xml')

# load it as an xml document
doc = REXML::Document.new(file)

# initialize the total to 0 as a float
total = 0.0

# cycle through the items
doc.elements.each('shopping/item') do |item|

# add the price to the total
total += item.attributes['price'].to_f
end

# round the total to the nearest 0.01
total = (total*100.0).round/100.0

# pad the output with the proper number of trailing 0's
printf "$%.2f\n", total
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clojure
(println (format "Total cost of items are $%#.2f"
(->> (xml-seq (parse *xml-input-stream*))
(filter #(= :item (:tag %))) ; Remove all but the item tags
(map :attrs) ; Keep the attributes
(map (fn [e] (str "(* " (:quantity e) " " (:price e) ")"))) ; Get the total price as a sexp
(map read-string) ; "(* quantity price)" -> (* quantity price)
(map eval) ; (* quantity price) -> quantity*price
(apply +)))) ; Sum all elements
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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]).
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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


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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)
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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"

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