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  • Properties specific to the description of xpathResult variables
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xpathResult (Type of variable)
In french: xpathRésultat
The xpathResult type is used it find out the result of the execution of an XPATH query. The characteristics of this result are returned by several WLanguage properties.
Remark: For more details on the declaration of this type of variable and the use of WLanguage properties, see Declaring a variable.
Example
myXPath is xpathResult
myDoc is xmlDocument = XMLOpen("MyDoc.xml")
myXPath = XMLExécuteXPath(myDoc, "/Root/child")
FOR EACH xmlMyChild OF myXPath.Node
Trace(xmlMyChild..Text)
END
clDoc is xmlDocument = XMLOpen(n, fromString)
c is xpathResult = XMLExecuteXPath(clDoc, "/root")
IF c.IsValue THEN
Trace(c.Value)
ELSE
FOR EACH MyNode OF c.Node
Trace("Node: " + MyNode..Text)
END
FOR EACH attrib OF c.Attribute
Trace("Node: " + attrib.Name)
END
END
clDoc is xmlDocument = XMLOpen(n, fromString)
c is xpathResult = XMLExecuteXPath(clDoc, "/root/text()")
IF c.IsValue THEN
Trace(c.Value)
ELSE
FOR EACH node OF c.Node
Trace("Node: " + node..Text)
END
FOR EACH attrib OF c.Attribute
Trace("Node: " + attrib.Name)
END
END
Remarks

Properties specific to the description of xpathResult variables

The following properties can be used to handle the result of an XPATH query:
Property nameType usedEffect
AttributeArray of xmlAttributeList of attributes returned by the XPath query.
IsValueBoolean
  • True if the XPath result is a value,
  • False if the XPath result is a set of nodes and/or attributes.
NodeArray of xmlNodeList of nodes returned by the XPath query.
ValueAll typesValue returned if the query returns an integer, boolean or text value. This value can correspond to a string, a boolean or a real.

Miscellaneous

  • The list of nodes is not sorted.
  • The standard used for the XPath query is XPath 1.0.
Minimum version required
  • Version 21
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