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Re: How do you remove comments from XML?

• To: Dominica DeGrandis <Dominica.DeGrandis@c...>
• Subject: Re: How do you remove comments from XML?
• From: Bill de hÓra <bill@d...>
• Date: Wed, 05 Mar 2003 22:41:33 +0000
• Cc: "'xml-dev@l...'" <xml-dev@l...>
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Dominica DeGrandis wrote:
> I'm writing a vb or vbscript program that uses the DOM to remove nodes in an
> XML file. 
> I need to remove all the data between the two comment lines (see below),
> <!-- Start xxxx.Net --> and <!-- End xxxx.Net -->
> but the program errors when it hits the comment syntax. <! -->. 
> I'm able to use "getElementsByTagName" or "selectNodes" for other nodes
> (like <appsettings> below) , but not for comments.
> It doesn't recognize the node even if I Dim it as IXMLDOMComment.
> 
> Can anyone help me with this?

Dominica,

All one line:

sed -e "s/<\!-- Start [^\.]*\.Net -->//g" -e "s/<\!-- End 
[^\.]*\.Net -->//g" in.xml > out.xml

If you're a pure MS shop and don't have a linux box lying about, 
install cygwin from cygwin.org.

Echoing what others have said; whoever designed this XML needs a 
stronger understanding of how XML comments work.

Bill de hÓra

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