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Need help converting txt to XML
I have a table as following

Archive idLineAuthorTime Text
1fjj34 375jk5l 03:20 this is an evidence regarding ...
1fjj34 4gjhhtrd03:21 we have seen those documents before
1fjj34 10645jmdvvb04:00 Will you consider such an offer?
3a530367rdnsa01:17 Will you consider such an offer?

but my separators are "|" so my plain text files looks like

Quote:
Archive id|Lie|Author|Time|Text
1fjj34|3|75jk5l|03:20|this is an evidence regarding xxx
1fjj34|4|gjhhtrd|03:21|we have seen those documents before
1fjj34|10|645jmdvvb|04:00|Will you consider such an offer?
3a530|3|67rdnsa|01:17|Will you consider such an offer?
I have absolute no ideal when where to start in relation to convert it to XML and my data is nested so bit confused. I would be grateful if you can help me.Smilie

the output structure is
Code:
< archives>
	...
	< archive id="1fjj34">
		<file line="3">
			<author>75jk5l</author>
			<time>03:20</time>
			<text> this is an evidence regarding xxx </text>
		</file>
		<file line="4">
			<author>gjhhtrd</author>
			<time>03:21</time>
			<text> we have seen those documents before </text>
		</file>
		...
		<file line="10">
			<author>645jmdvvb</author>
			<time>04:00</time>
			<text> Will you consider such an offer? </text>
		</file>
	</archive>
	...
	< archive id="3a530">
		<file line="3">
			<author>67rdnsa</author>
			<time>01:17</time>
			<text> Will you consider such an offer? </text>
		</file>
	</ archive>
	...
< archives>

note: the data has originally been in XML, I have received the help from this forum to convert in to txt which you can see in here. I have done all the calculation and filtering I needed and wished to convert it back to XML

Thank you in advance for your help
 
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