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SymbolicXMLQ

SymbolicXMLQ[expr]

returns True if the expression expr matches some basic patterns for a SymbolicXML expression and False otherwise.

SymbolicXMLQ[expr,True]

performs a complete test on expr to determine if it is a well-formed SymbolicXML expression.

SymbolicXMLQ[expr,False]

is equivalent to SymbolicXMLQ[expr].

Details and Options

  • To use SymbolicXMLQ, you first need to load the XML Package using Needs["XML`"].
  • This is not a guarantee that the document is well formed, nor does it give hints about validation.

Examples

Basic Examples  (1)

The {attribute->value} portion of the SymbolicXML statement is malformed. SymbolicXMLQ returns False:

With a correctly formed option, SymbolicXMLQ returns True: