XMLGetAttribute

Retrieves the attribute value of the node from an XML document in memory.

Syntax

INT XMLGetAttribute(INT hDoc, INT hNode, STRING sAttributeName)

hDoc

Handle of the XML document. Returned by XMLCreate or XMLOpen.

hNode

Handle of the node. Returned by XMLGetRoot, XMLGetChild, XMLGetParent or XMLNodeFind.

sAttributeName

Name of attribute.

Return Value

Value of specified node's attribute

Related Functions

XMLClose, XMLCreate, XMLGetAttributeCount, XMLGetAttributeName, XMLGetAttributeValue, XMLGetChild, XMLGetChildCount, XMLGetParent, XMLGetRoot, XMLNodeAddChild, XMLNodeFind, XMLNodeGetName, XMLNodeGetValue, XMLNodeRemove, XMLNodeSetValue, XMLOpen, XMLSave, XMLSetAttribute

Example

Following example creates an XML document from local file "H:\Data\books.xml", then selects the first node that matches XPath expression "/bookstore/book/", then gets value of the node’s attribute "Language".

INT hDoc, hNode;
STRING sValue;
hDoc=XMLOpen("H:\Data\books.xml");
IF hDoc <> -1 THEN
	hNode = XMLNodeFind(hDoc,"/bookstore/book/");		
	IF hDoc <> -1 THEN
		sValue=XMLGetAttribute(hDoc,hNode,"Language");
	End
End		

See Also

XML Functions

Published June 2018