MATLAB: Removing textflags in xml2struct

Question

Hello, I am currently using xml2struct provided in the link below.

https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/28518-xml2struct

I was wondering if there is a way to modify the code so I don't get textflags <Text></Text>.

So input xmlfile of this

 <XMLname attrib1="Some value">
   <Element>Some text</Element>
 </XMLname>

will produce s.XMLname.Element = "Some text";

instead of s.XMLname.Element.Text = "Some text";

Thank you.

Answer 1

While you could indeed edit the code yourself so it does whatever you want, this whole thing is a very bad idea.

What if the xml is instead:

 <XMLname attrib1="Some value">
   <Element attrib2="Some other value">Some text</Element>
 </XMLname>

Where does attrib2 go in the structure? You do need

s.XMLName.Element.Text = 'Some text';
s.XMLName.Element.Attributes.attrib2 = 'Some other value';

xml2struct exactly reflects the XML DOM. What you're asking breaks from it. It is correct that the text portion of an element should be identified by its own field.

Also, I don't understand why it would be causing problem for you. Why can't you adjust your code so it conform to the xml DOM?