XML Get Child Element List

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Gets the specified child element from a specified XML structure.

Action available for the following operating systems:

Parameters

• XML <string> - The control, variable or a string that represents a XML file.

• Remove Name's Prefix - This parameter allows user to define to remove the name's prefix or not. It can be one of:

  • 1. Yes

  • 2. No

Targets

• List of Child Elements - Control or variable to save the list of child elements.

• Number of Child Elements - Control or variable to save the number of listed child elements.

Return

• Items separator <string> - The string separator to the list of child elements.

Usage

Consider the following XML files:

<m:AllForwardsResult>
        <m:string>Aleksandr Kerzhakov</m:string>
        <m:string>Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain</m:string>
        <m:string>Álvaro Negredo</m:string>
        <m:string>André Schürrle</m:string>
        <m:string>Andrei Arshavin</m:string>
        <m:string>Andriy Shevchenko</m:string>
        <m:string>Andriy Voronin</m:string>
        <m:string>Andriy Yarmolenko</m:string>
        <m:string>Andy Carroll</m:string>
        <m:string>Antonio Cassano</m:string>
</m:AllForwardsResult>

This XML is saved on VAR(XMLResponse).

<soap:Body>
    <m:AllForwardsResponse xmlns:m="http://footballpool.dataaccess.eu">
      <m:AllForwardsResult>
        <m:string>Aleksandr Kerzhakov</m:string>
        <m:string>Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain</m:string>
        <m:string>Álvaro Negredo</m:string>
        <m:string>André Schürrle</m:string>
        <m:string>Andrei Arshavin</m:string>
        <m:string>Andriy Shevchenko</m:string>
        <m:string>Andriy Voronin</m:string>
        <m:string>Andriy Yarmolenko</m:string>
        <m:string>Andy Carroll</m:string>
        <m:string>Antonio Cassano</m:string>
      </m:AllForwardsResult>
    </m:AllForwardsResponse>
</soap:Body>

This XML is saved on VAR(XMLResponse1).

Example 1

XML	VAR(XMLResponse)
Remove Name´s Prefix	YES
List of Child Elements	VAR(Elements)
Number of Child Elements	VAR(NElements)
Items Separator	"<13>"

Result:

Variables	Content
VAR(Elements)	stringstringstringstringstring stringstringstringstringstring
VAR(NElements)	10

Example 2

XML	VAR(XMLResponse1)
Remove Name´s Prefix	NO
List of Child Elements	VAR(Elements)
Number of Child Elements	VAR(NElements)
Items Separator	"<13>"

Result:

Variables	Content
VAR(Elements)	m:AllForwardsResponse
VAR(NElements)	1

The parameter Items Separator is coded.