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XML

create some XML programmatically

Given the following CSV:

bread,3,2.50
milk,2,3.50

Produce the equivalent information in XML, e.g.:

<shopping>
  <item name="bread" quantity="3" price="2.50" />
  <item name="milk" quantity="2" price="3.50" />
</shopping>
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ruby
# gem install builder
require 'builder'

xml = Builder::XmlMarkup.new
xml.shopping do
xml.item(:name => "bread", :quantity => 3, :price => "2.50")
xml.item(:name => "milk", :quantity => 2, :price => "3.50")
end
xml
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csharp
string cvs ="bread,3,2.50\nmilk,2,3.50";
IList<string> rows = cvs.Split('\n');

System.Text.StringBuilder sb = new System.Text.StringBuilder("<shopping>");
foreach(string row in rows){
IList<string> data = row.Split(',');
sb.AppendFormat("<item name='{0}' quantity='{1}' price='{2}' />",data[0],data[1],data[2]);
}
sb.Append("</shopping>");
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clojure
(defn list->xml-item [lst]
(let [[name quantity price] (map str lst)]
{:tag :item
:attrs {:name name
:quantity quantity
:price price}}))

(defn cvs->xml [r]
(->> (map #(read-string (str "(" % ")")) (line-seq r))
(map list->xml-item)
(assoc {:tag :shopping} :content)
(emit)
(with-out-str)))

(println (cvs->xml *cvs-reader*))
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fsharp
#r "System.Xml.dll"
#r "System.Xml.Linq.dll"

open System
open System.Xml
open System.Xml.Linq

let data = "bread,3,2.50
milk,2,3.50"

let X name =
XName.Get(name)

let lines = data.Split( [|"\n" |], StringSplitOptions.RemoveEmptyEntries)

let document = new XDocument()
let element = new XElement(X "shopping")
document.Add(element)

lines
|> Seq.iter (fun line ->
let items = line.Split([|','|])
let item = new XElement(X "item",
new XAttribute(X "name", items.[0]),
new XAttribute(X "quantity", items.[1]),
new XAttribute(X "price", items.[2]))
element.Add(item))

let output = document.ToString();;
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fantom
sum := 0.0
rows := CsvInStream(File(`shop.csv`).in).readAllRows

doc := XDoc()
doc.root = XElem("shopping")
{
root := it
rows.each |Str[] row|
{
root.add(XElem("item")
{
XAttr("name", row[0]),
XAttr("quantity", row[1]),
XAttr("price", row[2])
})
}
}

os := File(`shop.xml`).out
doc.write(os)
os.close

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