getting a node value

[angiras]

what is the correct string to get a node value


for

<sampleSection setting1="Value1" setting2="value two" setting3="third value" />

I get an error with :

Dim _node As String = "sampleSection[@setting1]"

how ca i get Value1 ?

thank you

[jkd]

Dim _node As String = "sampleSection/@setting1"

I think? It's been a while.

[angiras]

super

thank you

[M@rco]

<sampleSection setting1="Value1" setting2="value two" setting3="third value">example</sampleSection>angiras, just so you know, "Value1" is an attribute value, whereas "example" is the node value.

;)

[liorean]

Actually, the node value of an attribute node is the attribute value, what you pointed to was the node value of an entirely different node, the text node child of the element node. See: <http://www.w3.org/TR/2000/REC-DOM-Level-2-Core-20001113/core.html#ID-1950641247>

[angiras]

thank you for the link

[Alex Vincent]

Originally posted by liorean
Actually, the node value of an attribute node is the attribute value, what you pointed to was the node value of an entirely different node, the element node. See: <http://www.w3.org/TR/2000/REC-DOM-Level-2-Core-20001113/core.html#ID-1950641247>

IIRC, the "example" word should actually be a Text node.

[liorean]

Yeah, you're right. It's the nodeValue of the text node and nothing else...

[M@rco]

You're all quite right... I was getting semantic, but I hadn't been precise enough myself! lol :p

[Alex Vincent]

Heh, it actually matters a great deal. Text nodes have only one method and no properties beyond the Node interface. But Element nodes have a whole bunch of stuff. So the node type is important.

XML languages are very unforgiving of sloppy code; the focus is on doing things rigourously. So we're a bit careful with how we define terms.

[M@rco]

No argument from me there. ;)