append xml child to node — xml_add_child • openxlsx2

append xml child to node

Usage

xml_add_child(xml_node, xml_child, level, pointer = FALSE, ...)

Arguments

xml_node: xml_node
xml_child: xml_child
level: optional level, if missing the first child is picked
pointer: pointer
...: additional arguments passed to read_xml()

Examples

xml_node <- "<a><b/></a>"
xml_child <- "<c/>"

# add child to first level node
xml_add_child(xml_node, xml_child)
#> [1] "<a><b/><c/></a>"

# add child to second level node as request
xml_node <- xml_add_child(xml_node, xml_child, level = c("b"))

# add child to third level node as request
xml_node <- xml_add_child(xml_node, "<d/>", level = c("b", "c"))