Hi, thanks to Fjen for help on getting to this point firstly. I'm trying to parse a String array that contains some XML data, and return the number of entries that contain a certain word (Such as "fred"). I looked through the Processing documentation, but can't find a good way to do this..The code looks like this:

Code:

			
		     String c = ((XMLElement)rec_info[s]).getContent().toString();
		     String[] d = new String[records.length];

		     
		     d[i] = c;
 

Are there any pointers or tips on how to do this?

best,

Tim

It is to count the number of times - so in an array

Code:

Object [] records
 

that contains all of my XML records which, when printed to the screen look like this:

Code:

<RECORD><chapter>Bauhaus to Desktop</chapter><title>Bahaus I</title><example>Nice picture</example></RECORD>

<RECORD><chapter>Meta-Media</chapter><title>meta-data</title><example>Elements in Meta-Data</example></RECORD>

<RECORD><chapter>Representing IT Society</chapter><title>Computation</title><example>Casey Reas</example></RECORD>

...
 

What I want to do is count the number of instances that a phrase, such as "Representing IT Society", appears. I thought that I can implement some sort of counter that would do the trick.

Later in the code, the content (what is inside each <RECORD> tag is parsed to a String array..The code looks like this:

Code:

for (int i=0; i< records.length; i++)		     
	{
	   
	   //println(records.length);
	   // Determines the x-coordinate of where an individual chapter begins based on the Nucleus' x-position + sin*numeric radian value	
	   kidx=centerNucleus.nx+radius*sin(radians(angle)*i);    
	   
	   // Determines the y-coordinate of where an individual chapter begins based on the Nucleus' y-position + cos*numeric radian value
	   kidy=centerNucleus.ny+radius*cos(radians(angle)*i);    
	   
	   // If the nucleus has been clicked, then the chapter nodes, lines, and section lines and nodes get redrawn based on the x,y coordinates
	   // of the mouse. Otherwise, nothing besides the center nucleus will be drawn on the screen 
	   
	   Object[] rec_info = ((XMLElement)records[i]).getChildren().toArray();
	     
	   
	   if (nucleusclicked == true)	     
	   {
	     if (i <= 13) 
	     {
		 stroke(255);							   // Sets color of line from Nucleus to Chapter (0 = black, 255 = white)
		 line(centerNucleus.nx, centerNucleus.ny, kidx, kidy);    // Draws a line from the Nucleus' position to where the node for chapter[i] will be created
		 noFill();								// Fill color for chapter node
		 chapterNode[i].drawChapter(kidx,kidy,noderadius);	  // Draws the actual chapter node
	     }
	     for( int r=0; r<rec_info.length; r++)
	     {
		   
		   if( r == 0)
		   {
		   for( int s=0; s<1; s++)
		   {
		     //println( ((XMLElement)rec_info[r]).getContent());
			
		     String c = ((XMLElement)rec_info[r]).getContent().toString();
		     String[] d = new String[records.length];
		     
		     d[i] = c;
		     
		     //println( ((XMLElement)rec_info[r]).getContent());
		
		   if( ((XMLElement)rec_info[r]).getName().equals("chapter"))
		   {
		     fill(123,30,134);
		     
		     if(  (i > 13)    ) 
		     {
		     // print nothing
		     } else {
		     text(d[i],kidx,kidy-noderadius);
		     }
		   }  
		  
		   //println( ((XMLElement)rec_info[r]).getContent());
		   //println(chaptertext[i]);					   // Prints the name of each individual chapter
		   //fill(255);							     // Chapter text COLOR				   
		   //text(chaptertext[i], kidx,kidy-noderadius);		  // Writes the text from the chaptertext array where that individual chapter is positioned
		   //noFill();								// Section node COLOR 
		  //chapters[i].drawkids(kidx,kidy,radius/2);		    //Draws SECTION lines and NODES for each CHAPTER
		   //println(d[i]);
		 }
		}
	     }
	   }
	   
	}
 

So that it iterates (at the moment) through only the <CHAPTER> tags to retrieve the content.