Clearing a Set in a XML file, or removing Keys?

[Yocal]

Heya,

I have a XML file looking something like this:

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<Set Name="Superman">
  <Set Name="Food">
    <Setting Name="Cheesecake">2</Setting>
    <Setting Name="Tinker Soup">1</Setting>
    <Setting Name="Orc Steak">4</Setting>
  </Set>
  <Set Name="Ingredients">
    <Setting Name="Orcs">5</Setting>
    <Setting Name="Gnomes">2</Setting>
    <Setting Name="Cheese">3</Setting>
  </Set>
</Set>

Now, what i want is to clear all keys under 'Ingredients'. What is the easiest way to do so? I havent found anything helpful in the wiki. I could reconstruct the XML file - but i certainly hope there is a more efficient method

Thanks!

[Lax]

Well, there is both a way to remove individual settings AND a way to clear an entire set. Additionally, you can remove an entire set! And this is all in the wiki exactly where you would have been looking (I dont know where else you would have looked, but let me know).

See Methods:
http://www.lavishsoft.com/wiki/index.ph ... ta_Type%29

[Yocal]

Ack, lax!

Sometimes you just make things seem too easy. Didnt find that page when i searched for XML Remove Set or something like that... I suck at wikis - gotta admit that.

But whe, thanks lax! Scripting can now continue

[Lax]

For future reference, start by looking up the object you're working with -- SettingXML. http://www.lavishsoft.com/wiki/index.ph ... _Object%29

The documentation on the object tells you about the data type you're working with, which is dataset.