selectNodes

Compability: Internet Explorer

Syntax:: node.selectNodes(patternString)

This method creates a NodeList of all matching descendant nodes returned by the specified pattern-matching operation.

If no match is made, an empty node list is returned. This method is similar to the selectSingleNode method, but returns all nodes that match the pattern rather than just the first encountered.

Examples

Code:

XML:



<Vocabulary>


    <Word type="noun" level="1">


       <English>cat</English>


       <Spanish>gato</Spanish>


    </Word>


    <Word type="verb" level="1">


       <English>speak</English>


       <Spanish>hablar</Spanish>


    </Word>


    <Word  type="adj" level="1">


       <English>big</English>


       <Spanish>grande</Spanish>


    </Word>


 </Vocabulary>



VBScript:



Set objXMLDoc = CreateObject("Microsoft.XMLDOM")


 objXMLDoc.async = False


 objXMLDoc.load("vocabulary.xml")


 Set NodeList = objXMLDoc.documentElement.selectNodes("Word/English")


 For Each Node In NodeList


    document.write(Node.text &
"<br>")


 Next

Output:

cat

speak

big

Explanation:

This example loads the 'vocabulary.xml' file and uses the selectNodes method to create a collection of all 'English' element nodes. The code then iterates through the collection displaying the text of each.

Primary links

XML DOM » Node » selectNodes

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Language(s): VBScript XML