I'm searching around for a bit of practice coding to do,
How about solving Hugh Dixon's problem,
"Converting a hierarchical to a pseudo relational xml format"
(XSL list, 3/22/2003).
This isn't a function to be written, but it should be good coding practice...
Lars
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