Perl Requires Chilkat v9.5.0.64+

Demonstrate the XML "I" Property

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Demonstrates the XML "I" property. The properties I, J, and K can be used in paths to access the I'th, J'th, or K'th child in a path. Three indexing properties are provided to allow for triple-nested loops using this feature. Chilkat2 Perl

use strict;
use warnings;
use Chilkat2;

# This example uses the XML document at https://www.chilkatsoft.com/exampleData/xero_accounts.xml
# The data is a download of the Xero accounts for the sandbox company test data (it's not real data).

# We'll use Chilkat HTTP to download the XML.
# This example assumes the Chilkat HTTP API to have been previously unlocked.
# See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

my $sbXml = Chilkat2::StringBuilder->new;

# Download the XML from https://www.chilkatsoft.com/exampleData/xero_accounts.xml
# into sbXml
my $url = 'https://www.chilkatsoft.com/exampleData/xero_accounts.xml';
my $http = Chilkat2::Http->new;
my $success = $http->QuickGetSb($url, $sbXml);
if (!$success) {
    print $http->LastErrorText, "\n";
    exit;
}

my $bAutoTrim = 0;
my $xml = Chilkat2::Xml->new;
$xml->LoadSb($sbXml, $bAutoTrim);

# How many accounts exist?
my $numAccounts = $xml->NumChildrenAt('Accounts');
print 'numAccounts = ', $numAccounts, "\n";

my $i = 0;
while ($i < $numAccounts) {
    $xml->I($i);
    print 'AccountID: ', $xml->GetChildContent('Accounts|Account[i]|AccountID'), "\n";
    print 'Name: ', $xml->GetChildContent('Accounts|Account[i]|Name'), "\n";
    print 'Code: ', $xml->GetChildIntValue('Accounts|Account[i]|Code'), "\n";
    print 'EnablePaymentsToAccount: ', ($xml->GetChildBoolValue('Accounts|Account[i]|EnablePaymentsToAccount') ? 1 : 0), "\n";
    print "----\n";
    $i = $i + 1;
}

# The output looks like this:

#     numAccounts = 69
#     AccountID: ceef66a5-a545-413b-9312-78a53caadbc4
#     Name: Checking Account
#     Code: 90
#     EnablePaymentsToAccount: False
#     ----
#     AccountID: 3d09fd49-434d-4c18-a57b-831663ab70d2
#     Name: Savings Account
#     Code: 91
#     EnablePaymentsToAccount: False
#     ----
#     AccountID: 5f5e1b00-5331-4ee5-bc84-39dbd9a27db3
#     Name: Accounts Receivable
#     Code: 120
#     EnablePaymentsToAccount: False
#     ----
#     AccountID: b0a23f8d-1b6d-4209-96f9-8046f794e1f4
#     Name: Prepayments
#     Code: 130
#     EnablePaymentsToAccount: False
#     ----
#     ...

# The xero_accounts.xml file contains data that looks like this:

#     <Response xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
#       <Id>409d062b-d3c2-4062-99a6-31b7c1c14662</Id>
#       <Status>OK</Status>
#       <ProviderName>ChilkatPrivate</ProviderName>
#       <DateTimeUTC>2016-11-01T22:30:13.3606258Z</DateTimeUTC>
#       <Accounts>
#         <Account>
#           <AccountID>ceef66a5-a545-413b-9312-78a53caadbc4</AccountID>
#           <Code>090</Code>
#           <Name>Checking Account</Name>
#           <Status>ACTIVE</Status>
#           <Type>BANK</Type>
#           <TaxType>NONE</TaxType>
#           <Class>ASSET</Class>
#           <EnablePaymentsToAccount>false</EnablePaymentsToAccount>
#           <ShowInExpenseClaims>false</ShowInExpenseClaims>
#           <BankAccountNumber>132435465</BankAccountNumber>
#           <BankAccountType>BANK</BankAccountType>
#           <CurrencyCode>USD</CurrencyCode>
#           <ReportingCode>ASS</ReportingCode>
#           <ReportingCodeName>Assets</ReportingCodeName>
#           <HasAttachments>false</HasAttachments>
#           <UpdatedDateUTC>2016-10-15T22:22:44.53</UpdatedDateUTC>
#         </Account>
#         <Account>
#           <AccountID>3d09fd49-434d-4c18-a57b-831663ab70d2</AccountID>
#           <Code>091</Code>
#           <Name>Savings Account</Name>
#           <Status>ACTIVE</Status>
#           <Type>BANK</Type>
#           <TaxType>NONE</TaxType>
#           <Class>ASSET</Class>
#           <EnablePaymentsToAccount>false</EnablePaymentsToAccount>
#           <ShowInExpenseClaims>false</ShowInExpenseClaims>
#           <BankAccountNumber>987654321</BankAccountNumber>
#           <BankAccountType>BANK</BankAccountType>
#           <CurrencyCode>USD</CurrencyCode>
#           <ReportingCode>ASS</ReportingCode>
#           <HasAttachments>false</HasAttachments>
#           <UpdatedDateUTC>2016-10-15T22:22:44.53</UpdatedDateUTC>
#         </Account>
#         ...
#