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XML.GetAttribute

Queries text of an attribute.

Component	Version	macOS	Windows	Linux	Server	FileMaker iOS SDK
XML	7.0	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes

MBS( "XML.GetAttribute"; XML; Name { ; Flags } ) More

Parameters

Parameter Description Example Flags

XML The XML to process.
Can be XML as text or the reference returned by XML.Parse function, so you can make several times changes to the XML without parsing it each time. "<test>Hello</test>"

Name The name of the attribute to query. "name"

Flags Various Flags.
Add 1 to ignore errors in xml and continue parsing. This may lead to not everything in the xml being read. 0 Optional

Parameter	Description	Example	Flags
XML	The XML to process. Can be XML as text or the reference returned by XML.Parse function, so you can make several times changes to the XML without parsing it each time.	"<test>Hello</test>"
Name	The name of the attribute to query.	"name"
Flags	Various Flags. Add 1 to ignore errors in xml and continue parsing. This may lead to not everything in the xml being read.	0	Optional

Result

Returns text or error message.

Description

Queries text of an attribute.

Examples

Query attribute value:

MBS( "XML.GetAttribute"; "<a href=\"http://mbsplugins.de\">mbsplugins.de</a>"; "href")

Example result: http://mbsplugins.de

Blog Entries

New XML Functions in MBS FileMaker Plugin

Release notes

Version 7.0
- Added XML helper functions: XML.ExtractText, XML.NodeNames, XML.SetVariables, XML.ListAttributes, XML.HasAttributes, XML.GetAttributes and XML.SubTree.

Created 27th December 2016, last changed 3th July 2020

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