Text to XML in Switch Scripter

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mrkkrai
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Text to XML in Switch Scripter

Post by mrkkrai »

Hi:

Please help me to convert text file to xml using Switch Scripter:

Job1.txt input:

500 LABEL
500
1 1.72 500
1 1.72
21 01 04 HARDING'S SERVICES
Shipped Via :
Purolator Edmonton
Tracking # :
607431612227
PO # : 9197
L 1612296

Job1.txt output:

<tag>500 LABEL</tag>
<tag>500</tag>
<tag>1 1.72 500</tag>
<tag>1 1.72</tag>
<tag>21 01 04 HARDING'S SERVICES</tag>
<tag>Shipped Via :</tag>
<tag>Purolator Edmonton</tag>
<tag>Tracking # :</tag>
<tag>607431612227</tag>
<tag>PO # : 9197</tag>
<tag>L 1612296</tag>

Thanks
freddyp
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Re: Text to XML in Switch Scripter

Post by freddyp »

A word of advice: do not do this using legacy scripting, use NodeJS instead. It may take you a bit longer to get started, but in the long term it will bring you more benefits.

There are packages to convert JS objects to XML (e.g. json2xml). In other words, read the text file and place the info into a JS object and then dump that object into an xml file using the package.

Warning: your XML is not valid. An XML file must have 1, and only 1, root node. This is valid XML:

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<tags>
    <tag>500 LABEL</tag>
    <tag>500</tag>
    ...
</tags>
Another word of advice: instead of placing every line into a <tag> element, add some intelligence so instead of

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<tag>Tracking # :</tag>
<tag>607431612227</tag>
you get

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<trackingcode>607431612227</trackingcode>
That makes it easier afterwards to extract the desired information from the XML.
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