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DOM Count XML elements

DOM Count XML elements ( elementRef ; elementName ) : Integer

ParameterTypeDescription
elementRefTextXML element reference
elementNameTextName of XML elements to count
Function resultIntegerNumber of elements

Description

The DOM Count XML elements command returns the number of “child” elements dependent on the elementRef parent element and named elementName.

Note: By default, DOM Count XML elements is case sensitive regarding the elementName parameter (xml compliance). You can control the case sensitivity of the command using the XML DOM case sensitivity selector of the XML SET OPTIONS command.

System variables and sets

If the command has been correctly executed, the system variable OK is set to 1. If an error occurs, it is set to 0.

See also

DOM Get XML element
XML SET OPTIONS