xml_text {xml2}R Documentation

Extract the text

Description

Extract the text

Usage

xml_text(x, trim = FALSE)

Arguments

x

A document, node, or node set.

trim

If TRUE will trim leading and trailing spaces.

Value

A character vector, the same length as x.

Examples

x <- read_xml("<p>This is some text. This is <b>bold!</b></p>")
xml_text(x)
xml_text(xml_children(x))

x <- read_xml("<x>This is some text. <x>This is some nested text.</x></x>")
xml_text(x)
xml_text(xml_find_all(x, "//x"))

x <- read_xml("<p>   Some text    </p>")
xml_text(x, trim = TRUE)

[Package xml2 version 0.1.2 Index]