%XML_ELEM_GETATTRIBUTE

Get the value of an attribute for an XML element

WSupported on Windows

USupported on Unix

VSupported on OpenVMS

NSupported in Synergy .NET

status = %XML_ELEM_GETATTRIBUTE(element, attr_name, attr_value)

Return value

status

XML_SUCCESS if a nonblank attribute value is returned.

Arguments

element

The XML element instance. (XML_ELEM_TYPE)

attr_name

The name of the attribute to find a value for. (a)

attr_value

Returned with the value of the specified attribute. (a)

Discussion

%XML_ELEM_GETATTRIBUTE calls %XML_ATTRLIST_FIND to find the XML attribute by name and then calls %XML_ATTR_GETVALUE to get the attribute’s value.

This function is defined as ^VAL.

Examples

xcall xml_elem_getAttribute(root, "name", attrValue)

For a complete example, see Example of parsing XML.