gifti_xml_write: Write XML tree to a gifti file.

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Write XML tree to a gifti file.

Description

Write XML tree to a gifti file.

Usage

gifti_xml_write(filepath, xmltree, options = c("as_xml", "format"))

Arguments

filepath	path to the output gifti file
xmltree	XML tree from xml2
options	output options passed to write_xml.

References

https://www.nitrc.org/frs/download.php/2871/GIFTI_Surface_Format.pdf

Examples

## Not run: 
outfile <- tempfile(fileext = ".gii")
my_data_sets <- list(rep(3.1, 3L), matrix(seq(6) + 0.1, nrow = 2L))
xmltree <- gifti_xml(my_data_sets, datatype = "NIFTI_TYPE_FLOAT32")
# Here we add global metadata:
xmltree <- gifti_xml_add_global_metadata(xmltree, list("User" = "Me", "Day" = "Monday"))
# Validating your XML never hurts
gifti_xsd <- "https://www.nitrc.org/frs/download.php/158/gifti.xsd"
xml2::xml_validate(xmltree, xml2::read_xml(gifti_xsd))
gifti_xml_write(outfile, xmltree)
# Write your custom tree to a file.

## End(Not run)

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