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javascript to format/pretty-print XML
function formatXml(xml) {
var formatted = '';
var reg = /(>)(<)(\/*)/g;
xml = xml.replace(reg, '$1\r\n$2$3');
var pad = 0;
jQuery.each(xml.split('\r\n'), function(index, node) {
var indent = 0;
if (node.match( /.+<\/\w[^>]*>$/ )) {
indent = 0;
} else if (node.match( /^<\/\w/ )) {
if (pad != 0) {
pad -= 1;
}
} else if (node.match( /^<\w[^>]*[^\/]>.*$/ )) {
indent = 1;
} else {
indent = 0;
}
var padding = '';
for (var i = 0; i < pad; i++) {
padding += ' ';
}
formatted += padding + node + '\r\n';
pad += indent;
});
return formatted;
}
xml_raw = '<foo><bar><baz>blahblah</baz><baz>tralala</baz></bar></foo>';
xml_formatted = formatXml(xml_raw);
xml_escaped = xml_formatted.replace(/&/g,'&amp;').replace(/</g,'&lt;').replace(/>/g,'&gt;').replace(/ /g, '&nbsp;').replace(/\n/g,'<br />');
var mydiv = document.createElement('div');
mydiv.innerHTML = xml_escaped;
document.body.appendChild(mydiv);
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