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    From Joe@21:1/5 to All on Tue Nov 10 12:06:16 2020
    My goal was to convert a very large XML file to CSV or tab delimited text.
    I used these to parse XML file:
    my $tpp = XML::TreePP->new();
    my $tree = $tpp->parsefile("$fileName");
    my $text = Dumper( $tree );
    but the output was all in JSON format.

    Is it possible for perl DUMPER to output flat files in csv or tab delimited formats?

    Thanks!
    j

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  • From Keith Thompson@21:1/5 to Joe on Tue Nov 10 13:11:43 2020
    Joe <[email protected]> writes:
    My goal was to convert a very large XML file to CSV or tab delimited text.
    I used these to parse XML file:
    my $tpp = XML::TreePP->new();
    my $tree = $tpp->parsefile("$fileName");
    my $text = Dumper( $tree );
    but the output was all in JSON format.

    Is it possible for perl DUMPER to output flat files in csv or tab
    delimited formats?

    Data::Dumper's output is not JSON. It's Perl syntax. It doesn't seem
    to have any options for producing something else.

    If you wanted JSON output, you could use the JSON package.

    There are a number of packages that handle CSV, including Text::CSV.

    --
    Keith Thompson (The_Other_Keith) [email protected]
    Working, but not speaking, for Philips Healthcare
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  • From $Bill@21:1/5 to Joe on Tue Nov 10 13:59:25 2020
    On 11/10/2020 12:06, Joe wrote:
    My goal was to convert a very large XML file to CSV or tab delimited text.
    I used these to parse XML file:
    my $tpp = XML::TreePP->new();
    my $tree = $tpp->parsefile("$fileName");
    my $text = Dumper( $tree );
    but the output was all in JSON format.

    Is it possible for perl DUMPER to output flat files in csv or tab delimited formats?

    It should be simple enough to convert from a Perl hash to whatever form
    you want. What does a sample of output look like? I assume $tree is a hash ref
    that contains an array/bunch of hashes that you could easily convert to CSV or tab
    separated text lines.

    do foreach key in hash kinda thingy. Maybe could get complicated if there are sub-hashes or irregular data format.

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  • From George Bouras@21:1/5 to All on Wed Nov 11 21:14:12 2020
    Στις 10/11/2020 10:06 μ.μ., ο/η Joe έγραψε:
    My goal was to convert a very large XML file to CSV or tab delimited text.
    I used these to parse XML file:
    my $tpp = XML::TreePP->new();
    my $tree = $tpp->parsefile("$fileName");
    my $text = Dumper( $tree );
    but the output was all in JSON format.

    Is it possible for perl DUMPER to output flat files in csv or tab delimited formats?

    Thanks!
    j



    send a sample of this xml

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  • From Joe@21:1/5 to Keith Thompson on Mon Nov 30 19:22:46 2020
    On Tuesday, November 10, 2020 at 3:11:49 PM UTC-6, Keith Thompson wrote:
    Joe <[email protected]> writes:
    My goal was to convert a very large XML file to CSV or tab delimited text. I used these to parse XML file:
    my $tpp = XML::TreePP->new();
    my $tree = $tpp->parsefile("$fileName");
    my $text = Dumper( $tree );
    but the output was all in JSON format.

    Is it possible for perl DUMPER to output flat files in csv or tab
    delimited formats?
    Data::Dumper's output is not JSON. It's Perl syntax. It doesn't seem
    to have any options for producing something else.

    Thank you Keith, you hit the key. I will need to re-approach the problem.
    j

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  • From Dr Eberhard W Lisse@21:1/5 to Joe on Fri Dec 4 09:26:05 2020
    https://pagure.io/xmlto/

    el

    On 2020-11-10 22:06 , Joe wrote:
    My goal was to convert a very large XML file to CSV or tab delimited text.
    I used these to parse XML file:
    my $tpp = XML::TreePP->new();
    my $tree = $tpp->parsefile("$fileName");
    my $text = Dumper( $tree );
    but the output was all in JSON format.

    Is it possible for perl DUMPER to output flat files in csv or tab delimited formats?

    Thanks!
    j


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