Re: [xml] XML typing

["Aron Stansvik" <elvstone gmail com>]

2007/12/28, fabio antonini kaskonetworks it <fabio antonini kaskonetworks it>:
> Hi
> I'm a XML newbie and I'm facing the following (trivial)
> problem.
> I have read and implemented the XMLTutorial. Now I want to
> use libxml for reading a XML file I have created. The XML
> file seems like that
>
>         <command CMD="CMD_TBL_HELP">
>                 <name>help</name>
>                 <lmin>4</lmin>
>                 <maxargs>25</maxargs>
>                 <rep>1</rep>
>                 <cmd>do_help</cmd>
>                 <usage>help - &lt;cli command name&gt; =
> |command_name]</usage>
>                 <shelp>help - Show help information (for
> 'command')</shelp>
>         </command>
>
> The XML file includes both strings and decimal value.
> I have no problem to parse the string values (usage or shelp
> fields), but
> how can I import the decimal fields as "rep" or "maxargs".
> When I parse the file their value is always a string. I
> would like to import their decimal value.

This is not a libxml2 question, but a general C programming question.
Converting strings to numbers can be done using functions in your
standard C library. Look at the manual pages for strotol() for
instance. What function to use depends on what type of conversion you
want.

Regards,
Aron

> Sorry if this question is really trivial, but I'm a beginner
> at the moment
> Any help will be appreciated.
> With regards
>
> Fabio Antonini
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