Try four double-quotes, e.g.
""""
According to Wikipedia there is no reliable standard, but some attempts have been made.
A (double) quote character in a field must be represented by two double quote characters.
As stated in my comment, doing this with =importXML and XPath seems tricky.
But doing it programmatically, using the XmlService of Google Apps Script, looks easier.
I have written the following:
function parseTvRageXml(url) {
var result = [];
var xml = UrlFetchApp.fetch(url).getContentText();
var document = XmlService.parse(xml);
var root = document.getRootElement();
var show = document.getRootElement();
var episodeList = show.getChild("Episodelist");
var seasons = episodeList.getChildren("Season");
for (var i = 0; i < seasons.length; i++) {
var season = seasons[i];
var seasonNum = season.getAttribute("no").getValue();
var episodes = season.getChildren("episode");
for (var j = 0; j < episodes.length; j++) {
var episode = episodes[j];
var resultRow = [];
resultRow.push(seasonNum);
resultRow.push(episode.getChild("epnum").getText());
resultRow.push(episode.getChild("seasonnum").getText());
resultRow.push(episode.getChild("airdate").getText());
resultRow.push(episode.getChild("link").getText());
resultRow.push(episode.getChild("title").getText());
result.push(resultRow);
}
}
return result;
}
In effect, it fetches the content from the given URL, parses it as XML, and iterates through the elements, extracting values of the elements you wanted, which is stored in a 2-dimensional array (result), and returned.
To use this, you must install the script in your spreadsheet. Click the Tools menu → Script editor, and paste the code listed above. Save the script.
In the cell where you want the output, enter
=parseTvRageXml("http://services.tvrage.com/feeds/episode_list.php?sid=3183")
The result should be a list of episodes, with the following columns:
Season number | epnum | seasonnum | airdate | link | title
I have set up an example spreadsheet to demonstrate this, feel free to copy it.
Best Answer
Double the quote character, instead of
"use"""".Another alternative is to put the URL alone on cell, lets say A1, then put the cell reference in your formula: