XmlFindChild - Revision history

Sheva: Do not forget xmlUnloadFile.

2019-05-12T20:47:34Z

Do not forget xmlUnloadFile.

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	local instructionsNode = xmlFindChild ( optionsNode, "instructions", 0 )		local instructionsNode = xmlFindChild ( optionsNode, "instructions", 0 )
	local instructions = xmlNodeGetValue ( instructionsNode )		local instructions = xmlNodeGetValue ( instructionsNode )
			xmlUnloadFile(rootNode)

	outputChatBox ( instructions )		outputChatBox ( instructions )

2015-12-20T21:12:57Z

2015-01-02T20:22:51Z

add oop syntax

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	==Syntax==		==Syntax==
	<syntaxhighlight lang="lua">xmlnode xmlFindChild ( xmlnode parent, string tagName, int index )</syntaxhighlight>		<syntaxhighlight lang="lua">xmlnode xmlFindChild ( xmlnode parent, string tagName, int index )</syntaxhighlight>
			{{OOP\|\|[[xmlnode]]:findChild}}
	===Required Arguments===		===Required Arguments===
	* '''parent''': This is an [[xmlnode]] that you want to find the child node under.		* '''parent''': This is an [[xmlnode]] that you want to find the child node under.

2014-06-26T16:28:24Z

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	==Example==		==Example==
	<section name="Server" class="server" show="true">		<section name="Server" class="server" show="true">
	If you wanted to find an 'instructions' node in an xml file like this:		If you wanted to find an ''instructions'' node in an xml file like this:
	<syntaxhighlight lang="xml">		<syntaxhighlight lang="xml">
	<root version="2.0">		<root version="2.0">

2014-06-26T16:27:50Z

Added a little more fun to the example and fixed 'root' predefined variable being overwritten

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	</syntaxhighlight>		</syntaxhighlight>

	You could use the following code:		You could use the following code to print the text in the ''instructions'' node to the chatbox:
	<syntaxhighlight lang="lua">		<syntaxhighlight lang="lua">
	local rootNode = xmlLoadFile ( "test.xml" )		local rootNode = xmlLoadFile ( "test.xml" )
	local optionsNode = xmlFindChild ( rootNode, "options", 0 )		local optionsNode = xmlFindChild ( rootNode, "options", 0 )
	local instructionsNode = xmlFindChild ( optionsNode, "instructions", 0 )		local instructionsNode = xmlFindChild ( optionsNode, "instructions", 0 )
			local instructions = xmlNodeGetValue ( instructionsNode )

			outputChatBox ( instructions )
	</syntaxhighlight>		</syntaxhighlight>
	</section>		</section>

2014-06-26T16:25:44Z

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	You could use the following code:		You could use the following code:
	<syntaxhighlight lang="lua">		<syntaxhighlight lang="lua">
	~~root~~ = xmlLoadFile("test.xml")		local rootNode = xmlLoadFile ( "test.xml" )
	~~optionsnode~~ = xmlFindChild ( ~~root~~, "options", 0 )		local optionsNode = xmlFindChild ( rootNode, "options", 0 )
	~~instructionsnode~~ = xmlFindChild ( ~~optionsnode~~, "instructions", 0 )		local instructionsNode = xmlFindChild ( optionsNode, "instructions", 0 )
	</syntaxhighlight>		</syntaxhighlight>
	</section>		</section>

2013-09-09T13:37:47Z

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	===Required Arguments===		===Required Arguments===
	* '''parent''': This is an [[xmlnode]] that you want to find the child node under.		* '''parent''': This is an [[xmlnode]] that you want to find the child node under.
	* '''tagName''': This is the name of the child node you wish to find.		* '''tagName''': This is the name of the child node you wish to find (case-sensitive).
	* '''index''': This is the 0-based index of the node you wish to find. For example, to find the 5th subnode with a particular name, you would use 4 as the index value. To find the first occurence, use 0.		* '''index''': This is the 0-based index of the node you wish to find. For example, to find the 5th subnode with a particular name, you would use 4 as the index value. To find the first occurence, use 0.

2009-06-13T23:07:38Z

Example: Removed references to very very old functions that don't exist, changed to be generic rather than referencing an equally old map format.

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	==Example==		==Example==
	<section name="Server" class="server" show="true">		<section name="Server" class="server" show="true">
	If you wanted to find ~~the~~ 'instructions' node in ~~a map~~ file like this:		If you wanted to find an 'instructions' node in an xml file like this:
	<syntaxhighlight lang="xml">		<syntaxhighlight lang="xml">
	<~~map~~ version="2.0">		<root version="2.0">
	<options>		<options>
	<instructions>Start at the beginning and keep going until the end!</instructions>		<instructions>Start at the beginning and keep going until the end!</instructions>
	</options>		</options>
	</~~map~~>		</root>
	</syntaxhighlight>		</syntaxhighlight>

	You could use the following code:		You could use the following code:
	<syntaxhighlight lang="lua">		<syntaxhighlight lang="lua">
	~~maproot~~ = ~~getLoadedMapXMLRoot~~ ()		root = xmlLoadFile("test.xml")
	optionsnode = xmlFindChild ( ~~maproot~~, "options", 0 )		optionsnode = xmlFindChild ( root, "options", 0 )
	instructionsnode = xmlFindChild ( optionsnode, "instructions", 0 )		instructionsnode = xmlFindChild ( optionsnode, "instructions", 0 )
	</syntaxhighlight>		</syntaxhighlight>

	~~Note: You could use [[getMapOption]] to do the same thing.~~
	</section>		</section>

	==See Also==		==See Also==
	{{XML functions}}		{{XML functions}}