Hello all, I have been working in processing for a few months now and have encountered a problem with strings. I am using simpleML to get information about rss titles and their description. For my project though, I want all of these words in a list in one array.

here is the code, the problem is under void netEvent(XMLRequest ml) also add [b]ht to front and change (dot) to . (cant post a link)

Code:

import simpleML.*;

XMLRequest xmlRequest;
String delimiters=" ,.?!;:";
String onelongstring;

void setup() {
  size(200,200);  
  // Creating and starting the request
  // An array of XML elements can be retrieved using getElementArray. 
  // This only works for elements with the same name that appear multiple times in the XML document.
  xmlRequest = new XMLRequest(this, "tp://budget(dot) president(dot)ufl(dot)edu/feed/" );
  xmlRequest.makeRequest();
}
// When the request is complete
void netEvent(XMLRequest ml) {  
  // Retrieving an array of all XML elements inside" 
 title* 
 "tags
  String[] headlines = ml.getElementArray( "title");
  String[] description = ml.getElementArray( "description");
  println(headlines);
  int arlength=headlines.length;
  String onelongstring="";
  println(onelongstring);
  for (int i = 0; i < headlines.length; i++){
    //println(headlines[i]);
    //println(description[i]);
    //String[] lines= {headlines[i],description[i]};
    //println(lines);
    onelongstring = onelongstring + headlines[i]+" "+description[i]+" ";
    
    }
  }
void draw() {  
  noLoop(); // Nothing to see here
}
 

I am having problems forming this string with a for loop and then getting it out of the void netEvent(XMLRequest ml) funtion. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

thanks PhiLho

updated code, it now passes headlines to draw, I can't seem to get it to add the description lines though.

for example a headline is:To Save Money, M.I.T. Drops 8 Sports Teams
the description that goes along with it is:High school students with dreams of competing in alpine skiing at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, beware: when this academic year ends, the institute will no longer have a varsity team.
That squad and seven others — competitive pistol, golf, wrestling, and men and women’s ice hockey and gymnastics — were eliminated on Thursday by M.I.T.’s [...]  

under the for loop, the following is not working corectly
onelongstring = onelongstring + headlines[i];
onelongstring = onelongstring + description[i];

Code:

import simpleML.*;

XMLRequest xmlRequest;
String delimiters=" ,.?!;:";
String onelongstring;

void setup() {
  size(200,200);  
  // Creating and starting the request
  // An array of XML elements can be retrieved using getElementArray. 
  // This only works for elements with the same name that appear multiple times in the XML document.
  xmlRequest = new XMLRequest(this, "http://budget.president.ufl.edu/feed/" );
  xmlRequest.makeRequest();
}
// When the request is complete
void netEvent(XMLRequest ml) {  
  // Retrieving an array of all XML elements inside" 
 title* 
 "tags
  String[] headlines = ml.getElementArray( "title");
  String[] description = ml.getElementArray( "description");
  println(headlines);
  int arlength=headlines.length;
  String onelongstring="";
  //println(onelongstring);
  for (int i = 0; i < headlines.length; i++){    
    onelongstring = onelongstring + headlines[i];
    onelongstring = onelongstring + description[i];
    
    }
  }
void draw() {
  println(onelongstring);
  noLoop(); // Nothing to see here
}
 

thanks again PhiLho, your incredibly helpful. i think i just got it to work though.

here is what the bottom code looks like, i just had to add the string together correctly and take out other code.

Code:

void netEvent(XMLRequest ml) {  

  String[] headlines = ml.getElementArray( "title");
  String[] description = ml.getElementArray( "description");
  for (int i = 0; i < headlines.length; i++){  
//most important line    
   onelongstring = onelongstring+headlines[i]+" "+description[i]+" ";    
    }
  println(onelongstring);
}
  
void draw() {
  //println(onelongstring);
  noLoop(); // Nothing to see here
}
 

however the println in void draw still won't work(if its uncommented), I think I now have to work with the Asychronous Requests that are a part of simpleML(I actually want my sketch to wait until all of the data is loaded). I think i can find it on another post though

nevermind i am retarded, I just have to eliminate noloop and I don't need to println every run through draw. Thanks