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Name

listChildren()

Class

XML

Description

Get the names of all of the element's children, and returns the names as an array of Strings. This is the same as looping through and calling getName() on each child element individually.

Examples

  • // The following short XML file called "mammals.xml" is parsed 
// in the code below. It must be in the project's "data" folder.
//
// <?xml version="1.0"?>
// <mammals>
//   <animal id="0" species="Capra hircus">Goat</animal>
//   <animal id="1" species="Panthera pardus">Leopard</animal>
//   <animal id="2" species="Equus zebra">Zebra</animal>
// </mammals>

XML xml;

void setup() {
  xml = loadXML("mammals.xml");
  println(xml.listChildren());
}

// Sketch prints:
// [0] "#text"
// [1] "animal"
// [2] "#text"
// [3] "animal"
// [4] "#text"
// [5] "animal"
// [6] "#text"

Syntax

  • .listChildren()

Return

  • String[]
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