Hello, from a software I have the following output in xml (see below): It is a series of matrices, for each age one. I have 3 categories (might vary in the application), hence, 3x3 matrices where each element gives the probability of transition from i to j. I would like read this data into R (preferably in a list, where each list element is one of the age specific matrices) and - after altering the values in R - write it back into the file. I know that there is an xml package in R with which I have already struggled, but I have to admit my understanding is too limited. Maybe somebody had a similar problem or know the code of the top of his or her head.
Any help appreciated. Thanks and best, Stefan <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?><transitionmatrix> <transition><age>0</age><sex>0</sex><from>1</from><to>1</to><percent>99.99999</percent></transition><transition><age>0</age><sex>0</sex><from>1</from><to>2</to><percent>0.0</percent></transition><transition><age>0</age><sex>0</sex><from>1</from><to>3</to><percent>0.0</percent></transition><transition><age>0</age><sex>0</sex><from>2</from><to>1</to><percent>0.0</percent></transition><transition><age>0</age><sex>0</sex><from>2</from><to>2</to><percent>99.999985</percent></transition><transition><age>0</age><sex>0</sex><from>2</from><to>3</to><percent>0.0</percent></transition><transition><age>0</age><sex>0</sex><from>3</from><to>1</to><percent>0.0</percent></transition><transition><age>0</age><sex>0</sex><from>3</from><to>2</to><percent>0.0</percent></transition><transition><age>0</age><sex>0</sex><from>3</from><to>3</to><percent>99.999985</percent></transition><transition><age>0</age><sex>1</sex><from>1</from><to>1</to><percent>100.0</percent></transition><transition><age>0</! 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><to>2</to><percent>100.0</percent></transition><transition><age>1</age><sex>1</sex><from>2</from><to>3</to><percent>0.0</percent></transition><transition><age>1</age><sex>1</sex><from>3</from><to>1</to><percent>0.0</percent></transition><transition><age>1</age><sex>1</sex><from>3</from><to>2</to><percent>0.0</percent></transition><transition><age>1</age><sex>1</sex><from>3</from><to>3</to><percent>100.0</percent></transition><transition><age>2</age><sex>0</sex><from>1</from><to>1</to><percent>99.35205</percent></transition><transition><age>2</age><sex>0</sex><from>1</from><to>2</to><percent>0.6479474</percent></transition><transition><age>2</age><sex>0</sex><from>1</from><to>3</to><percent>0.0</percent></transition><transition><age>2</age><sex>0</sex><from>2</from><to>1</to><percent>0.0</percent></transition><transition><age>2</age><sex>0</sex><from>2</from><to>2</to><percent>97.101456</percent></transition><transition><age>2</age><sex>0</sex><from>2</from><to>3</to><perce! nt>2.8985496</percent></transition><transition><age>2</age><sex>0</sex ><from>3</from><to>1</to><percent>0.0</percent></transition><transition><age>2</age><sex>0</sex><from>3</from><to>2</to><percent>0.0</percent></transition><transition><age>2</age><sex>0</sex><from>3</from><to>3</to><percent>100.0</percent></transition><transition><age>2</age><sex>1</sex><from>1</from><to>1</to><percent>97.82136</percent></transition><transition><age>2</age><sex>1</sex><from>1</from><to>2</to><percent>2.1786473</percent></transition><transition><age>2</age><sex>1</sex><from>1</from><to>3</to><percent>0.0</percent></transition><transition><age>2</age><sex>1</sex><from>2</from><to>1</to><percent>0.0</percent></transition><transition><age>2</age><sex>1</sex><from>2</from><to>2</to><percent>93.33336</percent></transition><transition><age>2</age><sex>1</sex><from>2</from><to>3</to><percent>6.6666408</percent></transition><transition><age>2</age><sex>1</sex><from>3</from><to>1</to><percent>0.0</percent></transition><transition><age>2</age><sex>1</sex><from>3</from>! <to>2</to><percent>0.0</percent></transition><transition><age>2</age><sex>1</sex><from>3</from><to>3</to><percent>100.0</percent></transition> </transitionmatrix> ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.