On 2020-02-19 6:10 a.m., Martin Honnen wrote:

Am 19.02.2020 um 15:08 schrieb thufir:

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How can I start a new "record" and then nest tags in that record?

but I'm getting output like:

<xml>   <record>       if (matches($line, "[0-9]"))       then <data>people</data>       else <name>people</name>   </record>   <record>       if (matches($line, "[0-9]"))       then <data>joe</data>       else <name>joe</name>   </record> ..

wheras I just want output like:

<record>   <name>joe</name>   <data>123</data> </record>

the query:

xquery version "3.0";

<xml> { for $line in db:open("foo.txt")//text() return         <record>

Nest any contained expression in further curly braces

  {

...

      if (matches($line, "[0-9]"))       then <data>{$line}</data>       else <name>{$line}</name>

}

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</record> } </xml>

that was quite helpful, thanks. I'm getting: <name>joe</name> </record> <record> <data>phone1</data> </record> <record> <data>phone2</data> </record> and want to only open the new record tab for something like: <record> <name>joe</name> <data>phone1</data> <data>phone2</data> </record> but get "incomplete if statement" when I try to add open and close record tags inside each if statement. xquery version "3.0"; <xml> { for $line in db:open("foo.txt")//text() return <record> { if (matches($line, "[0-9]")) then <data>{$line}</data> else <name>{$line}</name> } </record> } </xml> thanks, Thufir