XMLChildPos

Gets the position of a child element within an XML document object.

The position, in an XmlChildren array, of the Nth child that has the specified name.

Method Signature

XMLChildPos(elem=[XML], childname=[string], n=[integer])

Arguments

Argument	Type	Required	Description	Default
elem	XML	true	The XML DOM object.
childname	string	true	The name of the child element.
n	integer	true	The position of the child element. 1-based.

Examples

Get the position of an XML child element

xml = xmlParse( "<root><a/><b/><c/></root>" );
result = xmlChildPos( xml.xmlRoot, "b" );
writeOutput( result );

Result: 2

Related

• XMLElemNew
• XMLFormat
• XMLGetNodeType
• XMLNew
• XMLParse
• XMLSearch
• XMLTransform
• XMLValidate