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Iterate over Direct Children with a Specific Tag

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Demonstrates how to iterate over direct children having a specific tag.

The input XML, available at http://www.chilkatsoft.com/data/fruit.xml, is this:

<root>
    <fruit color="red">apple</fruit>
    <fruit color="green">pear</fruit>
    <veg color="orange">carrot</veg>
    <meat animal="cow">beef</meat>
    <xyz>
        <fruit color="blue">blueberry</fruit>
        <veg color="green">broccoli</veg>
    </xyz>
    <fruit color="purple">grape</fruit>
    <cheese color="yellow">cheddar</cheese>
</root>

PowerShell

Add-Type -Path "C:\chilkat\ChilkatDotNet47-x64\ChilkatDotNet47.dll"

$success = $false

$xml = New-Object Chilkat.Xml

# The sample input XML is available at http://www.chilkatsoft.com/data/fruit.xml
$success = $xml.LoadXmlFile("fruit.xml")
if ($success -ne $true) {
    $($xml.LastErrorText)
    exit
}

#  Get the number of direct children having the tag "fruit"
$numWithTag = $xml.NumChildrenHavingTag("fruit")

if ($numWithTag -gt 0) {

    for ($i = 0; $i -le $numWithTag - 1; $i++) {
        $child = $xml.GetNthChildWithTag("fruit",$i)
        $([string]$i + ": " + $child.Tag + " : " + $child.Content)

    }

    $("-----")

    # Do the same as the above loop, but instead of creating
    # a new object instance for each child, call GetNthChildWithTag2 to
    # update the object's reference instead.
    for ($i = 0; $i -le $numWithTag - 1; $i++) {
        # Navigate to the Nth child.  
        $success = $xml.GetNthChildWithTag2("fruit",$i)
        $([string]$i + ": " + $xml.Tag + " : " + $xml.Content)
        # Navigate back up to the parent:
        $success = $xml.GetParent2()
    }

    $("-----")
}