XMLParse

 

XMLParse>XML,XMLPath,result_string,num_items

 

Extracts data from an XML string using XMLPath syntax.  If returning an individual item the result will be in result_string.  If the XMLPath refers to a collection the number of items will be returned in num_items.  See example below.

 

Example

 

LabelToVar>XML,sXML
 XMLParse>sXML,/bookstore/book,val,numBooks
 Let>k=0
 Repeat>k
   Let>k=k+1
   XMLParse>sXML,/bookstore/book[%k%]/title/text(),val,len
   MessageModal>val
 Until>k=numBooks
  
 /*
 XML:
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
  
 <bookstore>
  
 <book category="COOKING">
   <title lang="en">Everyday Italian</title>
   <author>Giada De Laurentiis</author>
   <year>2005</year>
   <price>30.00</price>
 </book>
  
 <book category="CHILDREN">
   <title lang="en">Harry Potter</title>
   <author>J K. Rowling</author>
   <year>2005</year>
   <price>29.99</price>
 </book>
  
 <book category="WEB">
   <title lang="en">XQuery Kick Start</title>
   <author>James McGovern</author>
   <author>Per Bothner</author>
   <author>Kurt Cagle</author>
   <author>James Linn</author>
   <author>Vaidyanathan Nagarajan</author>
   <year>2003</year>
   <price>49.99</price>
 </book>
  
 <book category="WEB">
   <title lang="en">Learning XML</title>
   <author>Erik T. Ray</author>
   <year>2003</year>
   <price>39.95</price>
 </book>
  
 </bookstore>
 */