in reply to XML data extraction

This is the worst kind of question: the "here is what i copy-pastad from slashdot 4 years ago and now i need someone to fix it for free" - kind.
While I can understand the need for quick fixes when deadlines loom and the desire to spend the evening with friends instead of homework, I will not help an OP like that who wants to outsorce us as free developers.


holli

You can lead your users to water, but alas, you cannot drown them.

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Re^2: XML data extraction
by haukex (Archbishop) on Oct 11, 2017 at 13:55 UTC

    Yeah, we get lots of bad questions here, so I completely understand the general frustration. However, having replied to this poster before, I think snehit.ar is one of the better wisdom seekers: usually provides enough information so the questions can be answered in a fairly straightforward manner, AFAICT takes our advice to write their own code (example) - unless I've missed something and you've found where the code was copied from? Even without that background, the root node is well-formed: sample input, runnable, mostly well-formatted code with only two unnecessary lines, expected output - all the stuff we love to complain about loudly when it's missing ;-) So all that taken together is why I had no problem providing code in this case. (And in the end the fix to the original code turned out to be a two-line patch.)

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Re^2: XML data extraction
by snehit.ar (Beadle) on Oct 11, 2017 at 12:21 UTC
    Sorry ,my intend was not like that.
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Re^2: XML data extraction
by 1nickt (Canon) on Oct 11, 2017 at 12:53 UTC

    Boy holli, you sure brought a ray of sunshine when you decided to come back around. What is your purpose here?


    The way forward always starts with a minimal test.
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      To learn perl and seek help if any one can. Thank you sir.
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        My comment was not addressed to you, snehit.ar. You are seeking wisdom in a perfectly appropriate way. 👍 👍


        The way forward always starts with a minimal test.
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