(Ruby) XML Parsing Example: Currency Data

Simple example showing how to parse an XML file containing currency data.

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require 'chilkat'


xml = Chilkat::CkXml.new()

#  The Chilkat XML component is freeware.

#  Load an XML document.
#  This file is available at http://www.chilkatsoft.com/testData/currency.xml

success = xml.LoadXmlFile("c:/myXmlFiles/currency.xml")
if (success != true)
    print xml.lastErrorText() + "\n";
    exit
end

#  Iterate over each "CURRENCY" child node and display the contents:

n = xml.NumChildrenHavingTag("CURRENCY")
for i in 0 .. n - 1
    # curr is a CkXml
    curr = xml.GetNthChildWithTag("CURRENCY",i)
    print "----" + "\n";
    print "Name: " + curr.getChildContent("NAME") + "\n";
    print "Code: " + curr.getChildContent("CURRENCYCODE") + "\n";
    print "Country: " + curr.getChildContent("COUNTRY") + "\n";

end