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XML.ExtractText
Extracts the text from the XML tree.
| Component | Version | macOS | Windows | Linux | Server | iOS SDK |
| XML | 7.0 | ✅ Yes | ✅ Yes | ✅ Yes | ✅ Yes | ✅ Yes |
MBS( "XML.ExtractText"; XML { ; Flags } ) More
Parameters
| Parameter | Description | Example | Flags |
|---|---|---|---|
| XML | The XML to process. Can be XML as text or the reference returned by XML.Parse function, so you can make several times changes to the XML without parsing it each time. |
"<test>Hello</test>" | |
| Flags | Various Flags. Add 1 to ignore errors in xml and continue parsing. This may lead to not everything in the xml being read. |
0 | Optional |
Result
Returns text or error.
Description
Extracts the text from the XML tree.Returns a list with texts from all sub nodes.
Examples
Extracts text:
MBS( "XML.ExtractText"; "<Person><FirstName>Markus</FirstName><LastName>Müller</LastName><City>New York</City></Person>")
Example result:
Markus
Müller
New York
Custom function to get xml value as text:
GetXMLValue(xml, name)
# returns text of a xml node
Let ([
part = MBS( "XML.SubTree"; xml; name);
result = If( MBS("IsError"); ""; If(Length(part) = 0; ""; MBS( "XML.ExtractText"; part)))
]; Trim( result))
Extract text with intermediate XML node:
MBS( "XML.ExtractText"; "<Person>Hello<br/>World</Person>")
See also
Release notes
- Version 11.2
- Fixed problem with XML.ExtractText and XML.GetPathValue not seeing all text if there are XML nodes within a text block.
- Version 8.4
- Improved XML.ExtractText to handle CData, too.
- Version 7.0
- Added XML helper functions: XML.ExtractText, XML.NodeNames, XML.SetVariables, XML.ListAttributes, XML.HasAttributes, XML.GetAttributes and XML.SubTree.
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Created 26th December 2016, last changed 7th May 2021
