# XMLSearch
Get XML values according to given xPath query
## Method Signature
```
XMLSearch(XMLNode=[XML], xpath=[String], params=[Struct])
```
### Arguments
| Argument | Type | Required | Description | Default |
| --------- | -------- | -------- | ----------------------------------------- | ------- |
| `XMLNode` | `XML` | `true` | The XML node to search | |
| `xpath` | `String` | `true` | The xpath query to search for | |
| `params` | `Struct` | `false` | The parameters to pass to the xpath query | `{}` |
## Examples
### Read specific properties from XML collection
XPath extracts 'name' property from every user given in the XML collection
```java
Me
You
Long Road
xml = XMLParse( xmlstring );
result = xmlSearch( xml, "users//name" );
userlist = "";
for( i = 1; i <= ArrayLen( result ); i++ ) {
userlist = ListAppend( userlist, result[ i ].XMLTEXT );
}
writeOutput( userlist );
```
Result: Me,You
### Additional Examples
```java
xml_stream = "
Alice
Bob
Reminder
Here is the message you requested.
Bob
Alice
Your request
I got your message; all is well.
";
xml_document = XmlParse( xml_stream );
dump( XmlSearch( xml_document, "/notes/note[last()]/body" ) );
// I got your message; all is well.
```
## Related
* [XMLChildPos](https://boxlang.ortusbooks.com/boxlang-language/reference/built-in-functions/xml/xmlchildpos)
* [XMLElemNew](https://boxlang.ortusbooks.com/boxlang-language/reference/built-in-functions/xml/xmlelemnew)
* [XMLFormat](https://boxlang.ortusbooks.com/boxlang-language/reference/built-in-functions/xml/xmlformat)
* [XMLGetNodeType](https://boxlang.ortusbooks.com/boxlang-language/reference/built-in-functions/xml/xmlgetnodetype)
* [XMLNew](https://boxlang.ortusbooks.com/boxlang-language/reference/built-in-functions/xml/xmlnew)
* [XMLParse](https://boxlang.ortusbooks.com/boxlang-language/reference/built-in-functions/xml/xmlparse)
* [XMLTransform](https://boxlang.ortusbooks.com/boxlang-language/reference/built-in-functions/xml/xmltransform)
* [XMLValidate](https://boxlang.ortusbooks.com/boxlang-language/reference/built-in-functions/xml/xmlvalidate)
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