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XML.NodeCount
Counts nodes with given name.
| Component | Version | macOS | Windows | Linux | Server | FileMaker iOS SDK |
| XML | 7.0 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
MBS( "XML.NodeCount"; 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 queries to the XML without parsing it each time. |
"<test>Hello</test>" | |
| Name | The name of the node to query. This can be a list to go over several steps to the target tree part. |
"something" | |
| 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 number or error.
Description
Counts nodes with given name.Only the top nodes in the XML and not sub nodes down the hierarchy.
Does not count root node, only first level of children.
Examples
Query node count:
MBS( "XML.NodeCount"; "<Items><ID>1</ID><ID>3</ID><ID>5</ID></Items>"; "ID")
Example result: 3
See also
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Release notes
- Version 10.4
- Fixed bug in XML.NodeCount and XML.NodeNames, where root node was counted when we had no children.
- Version 7.0
- Added XML.NodeCount function.
Created 2nd January 2017, last changed 3th August 2020
XML.ListAttributes - XML.NodeNames
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