Importing data from an XML file into R

Question

I want to import an XML file from polarpersonaltrainer.com that stores heartrate data into a R data.frame. Is there a package that makes importing XML easy or do I have to write my own parser?

Answer 1

Yes. Use the XML package. There's a function called xmlToDataFrame which will make your life easy.

Answer 2

You might find RSXML useful. It's also in CRAN.