XML to JSON Sergey Svistunov

Convert 1,000,000 person records from XML to JSON as fast as possible.

Input

XML document on STDIN:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<persons>
    <person id="1512376">
        <age>30</age>
        <height>169.1</height>
        <married>true</married>
        <phone code="+6"><number>1283603279</number></phone>
        <phone code="+6"><number>1659964668</number></phone>
    </person>
    ...
</persons>

Output

One JSON object per person to STDOUT, preserving order:

{
    "id": 1512376,
    "age": 30,
    "height": 169.1,
    "married": true,
    "phones": [
        {
            "code": "+6",
            "number": 1283603279
        },
        {
            "code": "+6",
            "number": 1659964668
        }
    ]
}

Constraints

  • Preserve the order of persons
  • Omit the phones field if the phone array is empty
  • Maximum number of phones per person is 3
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Challenge History
DateChallengerCostTypeStatus
Jul 6, 2026 12:45Victor Mercklé10.00CustomSolution Broken
Run Statistics
#DateScoreWall TimeCPU UserCPU SystemMemoryError
1Jul 6, 2026 12:46064,139,87738,026,00016,698,00094,392,320invalid character '<' after object key:value pair
2Jul 6, 2026 12:46063,873,21837,941,00016,687,00094,396,416invalid character '<' after object key:value pair
3Jul 6, 2026 12:46064,291,92338,103,00016,816,00094,392,320invalid character '<' after object key:value pair
4May 21, 2026 09:216,13766,016,47339,470,00016,384,00094,392,320
5May 21, 2026 09:216,14465,120,35339,520,00016,392,00094,392,320
6May 21, 2026 09:216,14865,942,72939,579,00016,368,00094,392,320
7May 21, 2026 09:216,15265,145,11539,486,00016,502,00094,392,320
8May 21, 2026 09:216,15365,184,33539,480,00016,520,00094,392,320
9May 21, 2026 09:216,15965,138,86939,471,00016,583,00094,392,320
10May 21, 2026 09:216,16265,245,38339,578,00016,500,00094,392,320
11May 21, 2026 09:216,16565,344,17539,644,00016,459,00094,392,320
12May 21, 2026 09:216,17565,384,00639,539,00016,657,00094,392,320