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Title: Simple XML Parser
Post by: NotRabidWombat on 19 July, 2004, 12:47:34

function XMLtoTable(sString)
	if( not sString ) then return ""; end

	local s, e, sTag, sTemp = strfind(sString, "^<([^>]-)>(.*)$");
	local sInner;

	-- we have a tag
	if(s) then
		sString = sTemp;
		local tTable = {};

		while sTag do
			s, e, sTag = strfind(sTag, "^(%S+)");

			s, e, sInner, sString = strfind(sString, "^(.-)(.*)$");

			if( not tTable[sTag] ) then
				tTable[sTag] = {};
			end

			tinsert(tTable[sTag], XMLtoTable(sInner));

			s, e, sTag, sString = strfind(sString, "<([^>]-)>(.*)$");
		end

		return tTable;
		
	-- we have data
	else
		return sString;
	end
end

Very simple parser right now. I intend to make it better.

Used it to export YHub accounts to another hub soft. Probably has a million other uses.

-NotRabidWombat

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Post by: Herodes on 19 July, 2004, 13:38:07

make that billion of uses ... thanks for keeping it fresh NotRambitWombat ..
Cant wait to see what else u can do :)

Title: Uses for an XML parser
Post by: FlatLynr on 05 October, 2004, 10:06:42

I originally used Excel to convert my yhub accounts to Ptokax and I really wish I'd has this script then, it's much more elegant and would have saved me having to work with a 20MB spreadsheet 8o

Since I missed out on my chance to use it there, I'm going to make a (possibly foolhardy) attempt to use it to create a next gen nForce bot now that their scripts are XML. Probably just get it to generate a simple text file and use one of the timed message bots around to broadcast them although if I can get my head around the language enough (just learning), I'll try to make it into a full bot with commands etc.

I'll keep the board posted on any developments but if anyone's working on something similar, I'd love to hear how you're getting on.

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Post by: bastya_elvtars on 08 October, 2004, 11:33:13

hehe rabidwombat put another nail in yhub's coffin - very nice! heh heh sorry for this offtopic post but i really hate yhub! :evil:

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Post by: dkt on 03 June, 2005, 03:08:29

wats the use of this script in brief ???

and how to use it ?

PtokaX forum

Archive => Archived 4.0 boards => Finished Lua 4 scripts => Topic started by: NotRabidWombat on 19 July, 2004, 12:47:34