xml.childPos()

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  • XML
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Gets the position of a child element within an XML document object. The position, in an XmlChildren array, of the Nth child that has the specified name.

xml.childPos( childName=string, index=number )

Returns: Number

Argument Description
childName
string, required 		edit

XML child element for which to search
index
number, required 		edit

Index of XMLchild element for which to search.

Examples

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 <cfxml variable="xmlobject">
	<office>
		<employee>
			<emp_role>lucee_dev
				<emp_name>mark</emp_name>
				<emp_id>102</emp_id>
				<emp_jobrole>software</emp_jobrole>
			</emp_role>
		</employee>
	</office>
</cfxml>
<cfset res = xmlobject.xmlroot.ChildPos("employee",1)>
<cfdump var="#res#" />

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