Import .XML data into Matlab?

Hi guys,

I want to import an xml file and its data into matlab so that I can read the data.

I know you have to do something like: xDoc = xmlread('info.xml');

But I don't know much else after that. What code would I need to write to get the 'Customer' details from a .xml file with following content?

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="yes" ?>
<Shop Target="Something" Source="Something else">
 <Customer ID="" LastName="Smith" FirstName="Joe" Birthday="1950/01/01" Gender="male">
  <Purchase Type="Type 1" Time="2016/02/23 09:45" />
  <Purchase Type="Type 2" Time="2016/02/24 09:45" />
 </Customer>
</Shop>

Thank you

Answer 1

[per isakson]

In the File Exchange there are many contributions to read XML-files. Maybe, that's because xmlread is tricky to use.

I once chose xml2struct by Wouter Falkena, which handles my simple xml-files nicely. ( There is also a struct2xml.)

x = xml2struct( 'h:\m\cssm\cssm.xml' )
>> x
x = 
    Shop: [1x1 struct]
>> x.Shop
ans = 
      Customer: [1x1 struct]
    Attributes: [1x1 struct] 

>> x.Shop.Customer.Purchase{1}
ans = 
          Text: [1x0 char]
    Attributes: [1x1 struct]
>> x.Shop.Customer.Purchase{1}.Attributes
ans = 
    Time: '2016/02/23 09:45'
    Type: 'Type 1'

where cssm.xml contains the text of your question

Answer 2

[Navjot Kaur]

Can we read/import .XML file directly into MATLAB?

Answer 3

[Faisal]

You can use the built-in function readstruct('filename.xml')