Pair: xmlNodeSetName

Gets the tag name of the specified XML node.

OOP Syntax Help! I don't understand this!

• Method: xmlnode:getName(...)
• Variable: .name

Syntax

string|false xmlNodeGetName ( xmlnode node )

Required Arguments

• node: The xmlnode to get the tag name of.

Returns

• string|false: name

Returns the tag name of the node if successful, false otherwise.

Code Examples

shared

This example displays the name of the created node in the chat.

local xml = xmlCreateFile("test.xml","test")
if (not xml) then
    return
end

local xmlNode = xmlCreateChild(xml, "nextTest")
local xmlNodeName = xmlNodeGetName(xmlNode)
xmlUnloadFile(xml)

outputConsole(xmlNodeName) -- This should output "nextTest"

See Also

XML Functions

• xmlCopyFile
• xmlCreateChild
• xmlCreateFile
• xmlDestroyNode
• xmlFindChild
• xmlLoadFile
• xmlLoadString
• xmlNodeGetAttribute
• xmlNodeGetAttributes
• xmlNodeGetName
• xmlNodeGetChildren
• xmlNodeGetParent
• xmlNodeGetValue
• xmlNodeSetAttribute
• xmlNodeSetName
• xmlNodeSetValue
• xmlSaveFile
• xmlUnloadFile

XML Elements

• xmlnode

Reference

• Scripting Functions