Here I want to test how to post code snippets to this community. As an example I put here code from “F# Expert” book. I'm using Live Writer with GeSHi plugin for syntax highlighting.

The sample shows how using higher order functions and Linq we can easily and elegantly create XML documents.

F#, using GeSHi 1.0.8.6
open System.Xml.Linq
 
let xml =
"<contacts>
        <contact>
            <name>John Smith</name>
            <phone type=\"home\">+1 626-123-4321</phone>
        </contact>
     </contacts>"
let doc1 = XDocument.Parse xml
 
let xname n = XName.op_Implicit(n)
let xdoc (el:seq<XElement>) = new XDocument(Array.map box (Array.ofSeq el))
let xelem s el = new XElement(xname s, box el)
let xatt a b = new XAttribute(xname a, b) |> box
let xstr s = box s
 
let doc =
xdoc
    [xelem "contacts"
        [xelem "contact"
            [(xelem "name" (xstr "John Smith"))
             (xelem "phone"
                 [xatt "type" "home"
                  xstr "+1 626-123-4321"])
            ]
         ]
    ]
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