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==Modification of Task==
I suggest the task be changed to adress some of the issues discussed above. I would suggest the following
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Create a function that takes a list of character names and a list of corresponding remarks and returns an XML doccument of <code><Character></code> elements each with a name attributes and surrounding their remarks. All <code><Character></code> elements are to be enclosed in an outer <
▲Create a function that takes a list of character names and a list of corresponding remarks and returns an XML doccument of <Character> elements each with a name attributes and surrounding their remarks. All <Character> elements are to be enclosed in an outer <Characcters> element.
As an example, calling the function with names of: “<code>April</code>”, “<code>Tam O'Shanter</code>”, and “<code>Emily</code>” and remarks of:
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and “Short & shrift”</pre>
Should produce the XML (modulo line breaks):
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<Character name="April">Bubbly: I'm &gt; Tam and &lt;= Emily</Character>
<Character name="Tam O&apos;Shanter"
>Burns: &quot;When chapman billies leave the street ...&quot;</Character>
<Character name="Emily">Short &amp; shrift</Character>
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Note: the example is chosen to also show correct escaping of XML strings
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:The suggested task description is not quite clear to a non-English speaking person like me. Maybe splitting it into shorter sentences would help. Anyway, I think I got the idea from the examples. But I think the example input should not contain language specific details such as the \ escape character. And not the quotes (string delimiters) either, if they are not supposed to be part of the input text. --[[User:PauliKL|PauliKL]] 09:42, 9 June 2009 (UTC)
::Hi Paul, I'll work on the description, but on the use of \: I couldn't think of a way to include a quote in a quoted string without it - I am open to sugestions though. --[[User:Paddy3118|Paddy3118]] 11:11, 9 June 2009 (UTC)
:::That's the point when I use UNICODE quotes. Thankfully they're easy to type on this keyboard. —[[User:Dkf|Donal Fellows]] 12:26, 9 June 2009 (UTC)
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