Please ignore my previous request for clarification. I was able to resolve
my problem using "getNodeSet".

Thanks,
Santosh

On Thu, Jun 14, 2012 at 10:54 AM, Santosh <santosh2005@gmail.com> wrote:

> Dear Rxperts,
> I am back to favoRite! I would need your favoR, please!
>
> Is there a way to use read "format" arguments for "POSIXct" or "strptime"
> from  the xml file without specifying format="..." in these functions? The
> format of data-time values are present in the xml file as shown below.
>
> Please see below am example section of XML code:
> <?xml version="1.0"?><?mso-application progid="Excel.Sheet"?><Workbook
> xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:spreadsheet"
> xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office"
> xmlns:x="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:excel"
> xmlns:ss="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:spreadsheet" xmlns:html="
> http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40"><Styles><Style ss:ID="s11"><NumberFormat
> ss:Format="yyyy/mm/dd\ hh:mm;@"/></Style><Style ss:ID="s21"><Font
> ss:Color="White" ss:Bold="1"/><Interior ss:Color="Black"
> ss:Pattern="Solid"/></Style><Style ss:ID="s31"><Borders><Border
> ss:Position="Bottom" ss:LineStyle="Double"
> ss:Weight="3"/></Borders></Style><Style ss:ID="s41"><Font
> ss:Size="20"/></Style><Style ss:ID="s12"><NumberFormat
> ss:Format="hh:mm:ss.000"/></Style></Styles><Worksheet
> ss:Name="Start"><Table ss:DefaultColumnWidth="80"><Row><Cell><Data
> ss:Type="String">ID</Data></Cell><Cell><Data
> ss:Type="String">1</Data></Cell></Row><Row><Cell><Data
> ss:Type="String">Start</Data></Cell><Cell ss:StyleID="s11">*<Data
> ss:Type="DateTime">2012-06-14T09:16:16.512</Data>*</Cell></Row></Table>
> </Worksheet></Workbook>
>
>
>
> On Fri, Jun 8, 2012 at 8:08 AM, Uwe Ligges <
> ligges@statistik.tu-dortmund.de> wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> On 06.06.2012 22:44, Santosh wrote:
>>
>>> Hello experts,
>>>
>>> Sorry for posting the SPlus related question here.. I have not found any
>>> solution yet after some attempts and hence, sending it to a wider
>>> spectrum
>>> of users! I was successful in processing files uing R's XML librariy.
>>>
>>
>> Not that we know, we just know about an R *package* called XML.
>>
>>
>>
>>  Thank
>>> you, Rxperts!
>>>
>>> I know there are libraries like XML and SPXML available in S-Plus. Could
>>> anyone please share examples of reading an xml file and save the contents
>>> in a data frame?
>>>
>>> Are there Splus equivalents of "getNodeSet",  "xmlSApply" and "xmlValue"?
>>>
>>
>>
>> Most of us do not have S-PLUS available to check (actually, we do have a
>> 13 year old copy S-PLUS 4.5 at our department). You do, obviously, hence
>> why not check it yourself? And if you can't, why not ask the vendor of your
>> statistics software?
>>
>> Best,
>> Uwe Ligges
>>
>>
>>
>>> Thanks so much!
>>> Santosh
>>>
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