XMLExtractString (Function)

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XMLExtractString (Function)

In french: XMLExtraitChaîne

Extracts the content of a tag found in an XML document. To perform more complex searches, use XMLDocument and XMLFind.

In the XML code, the list of attributes is sorted in alphabetical order.

Versions 17 and later

This function is now available for iPhone/iPad applications.

This function is now available for Android applications.

New in version 17

This function is now available for iPhone/iPad applications.

This function is now available for Android applications.

This function is now available for iPhone/iPad applications.

This function is now available for Android applications.

Versions 18 and later

This function is now available in Android Widget mode.

This function is now available in Windows Store apps mode.

New in version 18

This function is now available in Android Widget mode.

This function is now available in Windows Store apps mode.

This function is now available in Android Widget mode.

This function is now available in Windows Store apps mode.

Versions 21 and later

This function is now available in Universal Windows 10 App mode.

New in version 21

This function is now available in Universal Windows 10 App mode.

Versions 25 and later

This function is now available in browser code.

New in version 25

This function is now available in browser code.

Example

// Load the XML code
XMLSource is string = fLoadText("example.xml")
Result1 is string
i is int = 1

// Extract the XML code found in the first "<operation>" tag
Result1 = XMLExtractString(XMLSource, "operation", i)
WHILE Result1 <> ""
        Trace(Result1)
        i = i + 1
// Extract the XML code found in the next "<operation>" tag
        Result1 = XMLExtractString(XMLSource, "operation", i)
END

Syntax

<Result> = XMLExtractString(<XML code> , <Tag> [, <Subscript> [, <Search options>]])

<Result>: Character string

Tag content.
Empty string (""):
if the tag is not found
if the tag does contains no XML code.

<XML code>: Character string with quotes

XML code containing the tag.
This code must be in ANSI format.

<Tag>: Character string with quotes

Name of tag whose content will be extracted.

<Subscript>: Optional integer

Subscript of tag (if the tag appears several times in the XML code). This parameter is set to 1 by default.

<Search options>: Optional constant

Search options for the extraction:
XMLExact
(Default value) The tag name is case sensitive for the search.
XMLIgnoreCase The tag name is not case sensitive for the search.

Business / UI classification: Business Logic

Component: wd260xml.dll