Re: Zaurus addressbook.xml parser


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Re: Zaurus addressbook.xml parser

by Aristotle (Chancellor)

on Nov 22, 2003 at 08:40 UTC ( [id://309133]=note: print w/replies, xml )

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I think you're going through way too much effort for a breakable parser. XML::LibXML or XML::Twig make proper parsing for simple stuff no more difficult than a bit of regex twiddling is, and will also handle complex cases. If you post a representative snippet of your input I can whip up some libxml code that won't be longer than half your script. And much easier to read.

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Re: Re: Zaurus addressbook.xml parser
by Ryszard (Priest) on Nov 22, 2003 at 16:19 UTC

The goal here was to produce something that had zero dependencies for use on my Zaurus, which is a PDA.

I wanted something that i could carry around or have quick access to which was the simplest to install / use. I acknowledge all the failings, i agree / know about the parsers, this is just "something cool" which works for me and my data.

FYI, a sample record,

<Contact FirstName="FFFFFF" LastName="LLLL" FileAs="LLLL, FFFFFF" Busi
+nessMobile="+12345678901" DefaultEmail="wwwwwwwwww@wwwwww.ww" Emails=
+"wwwwwwwwww@wwwwww.ww  " HomePhone="1111 111 111" Gender="0"  WorkEma
+il="wwwwwwwwww@wwwwwwww.ww" rid="53" rinfo="0" Uid="-1068731722" />
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Update:The entire program is now on the Zaurus-users mailing list.

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