How do we use an XML file?

Nov 1 2015 | Vanity

[Pikachu_Dad]

Apple OS X
File downloaded to PC

Just tried Serna. It had trouble

[GingisK]

Use XML whenever 600 bytes can do the same job as 4 byes of binary data.

[Bloody Sam Roberts]

Odd. It worked for me when I posted it. Hmm. Oh well.

[Pikachu_Dad]

Roflol... And when you want it to be unusable by most people!

[Pikachu_Dad]

You did my excerpt. The entire file is massive!

[GingisK]

...unusable by most people...

Binary reads work for everyone. Few machines in use today are big endian. Those who use big endian machines can swap bytes with even the big boys.

There never was a compatibility problem. Maybe just programmers who really couldn't program.

[Bloody Sam Roberts]

Then you’d have to use an HTML editor. There are lots of free ones available on the ‘net.

[Bloody Sam Roberts]

A little more info...

Get an HTML editor, copy/paste your entire file into it then save it as <filename>.html or...rename your original file with a .html file extension. Then open either with your browser. No size limits there.

[Pikachu_Dad]

Trying that. It looks a little better, but it still is not interpreting the tables? http://sos.la.gov10/24/2015 Election Results - Complete Results <table border="2" width="50%"><tr style="font-weight: bold;"><td align="center">3945 of 3945 precincts reporting</td><td align="right">%</td><td align="right">Votes</td></tr><tr><td>Scott A. Angelle (R)</td><td align="right">19%</td><td align="right"> 214982</td></tr><tr><td>Beryl Billiot (N)</td><td align="right">1%</td><td align="right"> 5694</td></tr><tr><td>"Jay" Dardenne (R)</td><td align="right">15%</td><td align="right"> 166656</td></tr><tr><td>Cary Deaton (D)</td><td align="right">1%</td><td align="right"> 11763</td></tr><tr><td>John Bel Edwards (D)</td><td align="right">40%</td><td align="right"> 444517</td></tr><tr><td>Jeremy "JW" Odom (N)</td><td align="right">0%</td><td align="right"> 4756</td></tr><tr><td>Eric Paul Orgeron (O)</td><td align="right">0%</td><td align="right"> 2248</td></tr><tr><td>S L Simpson (D)</td><td align="right">1%</td><td align="right"> 7420</td></tr><tr><td>David Vitter (R)</td><td align="right">23%</td><td align="right"> 256300</td></tr></table>

[Bloody Sam Roberts]

You could also try just opening the file as it is...[filename].xml in a browser like Firefox.

[Pikachu_Dad]

Thanks, I will try that. Tis bloody puzzling. One of the few spots/programs that seems to reliably work so far reply box on Free Republic... :) As in:

3945 of 3945 precincts reporting	%	Votes
Scott A. Angelle (R)	19%	214982
Beryl Billiot (N)	1%	5694
"Jay" Dardenne (R)	15%	166656
Cary Deaton (D)	1%	11763
John Bel Edwards (D)	40%	444517
Jeremy "JW" Odom (N)	0%	4756
Eric Paul Orgeron (O)	0%	2248
S L Simpson (D)	1%	7420
David Vitter (R)	23%	256300

[Pikachu_Dad]

Test 2: http://sos.la.gov 10/24/2015 Election Results - Complete Results

3945 of 3945 precincts reporting	%	Votes
Scott A. Angelle (R)	19%	214982
Beryl Billiot (N)	1%	5694
"Jay" Dardenne (R)	15%	166656
Cary Deaton (D)	1%	11763
John Bel Edwards (D)	40%	444517
Jeremy "JW" Odom (N)	0%	4756
Eric Paul Orgeron (O)	0%	2248
S L Simpson (D)	1%	7420
David Vitter (R)	23%	256300

... ... ...

3945 of 3945 precincts reporting	%	Votes
Elbert Lee Guillory (R)	8%	85520
Melvin L. "Kip" Holden (D)	33%	361092
"Billy" Nungesser (R)	30%	324849
John Young (R)	29%	313364

[Pikachu_Dad]

Thanks. i finally got it to work.

If Instead of clicking on the RSS button, if I copy its link,

Then place that link into a newsreader, like feedly. Or inoreader,

Then I get the results in the proper format.

Each race is in a separate row,

Selecting that row, gives the results for that election.