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XML Query Text

XML Query Text

Section titled “XML Query Text”

Type: xml-query-text  ·  Package: XML Activities v1.0.0  ·  Output: string

Evaluates an XPath expression over an XML and returns the first text value that matches. It is the way to extract data from an XML document: the number of an invoice, the name of a patient, a total.

How it works

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Applies the xpath to the xml and returns the text of the first matching element (empty if there is none). See XPath in a scoop.

Required parameters

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ParameterEditorDescription
xmlexpressionThe XML text (from Read XML).
xpathexpressionThe XPath expression, e.g. //Factura/Numero.

Optional parameters

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Ninguno.

Output

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Returns a string with the first matching value.

Example

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Read XML   path = = ruta   → output: xml
XML Query Text   xml = = xml   xpath = "//Factura/Total"   → output: total
Log   message = = "Total de la factura: " + total
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