retrieving child nodes like an associative array

[crazyboybert]

I am looking for an XML method/property which can be used to gain access to a childNode of an element using the tagname similar to how an associative array works. The example below would loop through all child nodes of the root element looking for the text value of a child node with the tag name 'number'.

e.g. (ASP Code) objRootElement.childNodes(i).childNodes("number&quot.text

There are properties such as firstchild which retrieve a specific node but i can find nothing other than getElementsByTagName which is document level scope not specific to an element. Or am I misunderstanding that?

Thanks in advance for any help

Rob ------------------------------------

Go placidly amidst the noise and haste,
find what peace there may be in silence.
-Anon

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[culshaja]

You should use selectSingleNode to get access to elements in this manner. It takes an XPath statement in which you can speficiy the node name. If you want to get a group of nodes back you use selectNodes method.

James James Culshaw
james@miniaturereview.co.uk

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[crazyboybert]

Thanks James exactly what I was looking for and it was there amongst the maze of msdn all along...

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Go placidly amidst the noise and haste,
find what peace there may be in silence.
-Anon

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