XmlChildPos

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

Parameter	Description
elem	XML element within which to search
childName	XML child element for which to search
N	Index of XMLchild element for which to search

The returned index can be used in the ArrayInsertAt and ArrayDeleteAt functions.

This example searches the XML document object mydoc.employee.XmlChildren for the mydoc.employee.name[2] element:

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Comments

Adam Cameron said on Jan 12, 2005 at 12:06 PM :

I didn't quite get what this funciton was all about initially, and others might suffer from the same problem (or maybe I'm just dumb).

This example illustrates the function more clearly:

<cfxml variable="x">
<fruit>
<apple>green</apple>
<banana>yellow</banana>
<cherry>purple</cherry>
<cherry>red</cherry>
<cherry>yellow</cherry>
<apple>red</apple>
</fruit>
</cfxml>
<cfdump var="#x#">
<cfset i = xmlChildPos(x.fruit, "apple", 2)>
<cfdump var="#i#" label="The second 'apple' is the 6th node within
'fruit'">

tredychris said on Sep 12, 2005 at 2:07 PM :

How in Adams example can you find the childpostion of the second apple if you only know its a "red" apple ??

regards
Chris


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