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Reference for Processing version 1.0+. If you have a previous version, use the reference included with your software. If you see any errors or have any comments, let us know.

Class XMLElement Name getChild() Examples // The following short XML file called "sites.xml" is parsed // in the code below. It must be in the project's "data" directory // <?xml version="1.0"?> // <websites> // <site id="0" url="processing.org">Processing</site> // <site id="1" url="mobile.processing.org">Processing Mobile</site> // </websites> XMLElement xml; void setup() { size(200, 200); xml = new XMLElement(this, "sites.xml"); XMLElement kid = xml.getChild(0); String site = kid.getContent(); println(site); }void setup() { // Download RSS feed of news stories from yahoo.com String url = "http://rss.news.yahoo.com/rss/topstories"; XMLElement rss = new XMLElement(this, url); // Get the <description> element from inside <channel> XMLElement desc = rss.getChild("channel/description"); println(desc.getContent()); } Description Returns the child XMLElement as specified by the index parameter. The value of the index parameter must be less than the total number of children to avoid going out of the array storing the child elements. When the path parameter is specified, then it will return all children that match that path. The path is a series of elements and sub-elements, separated by slashes. Syntax xml.getChild(index) xml.getChild(path) Parameters xml any variable of type XMLElement index int: the element path String: path to a particular element Returns XMLElement Usage Web & Application Related XMLElement_getChildCount()XMLElement_getChildren()

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