# Getting XML value

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/getting-xml-value/251628>\
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**Created:** [February 11, 2008, 9:31am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/getting-xml-value/251628 "2008-02-11T09:31:31Z")\
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**Author:** ![c990](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9de053/32.png) [@c990](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/c990)\
**Post date:** [February 11, 2008, 9:31am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/getting-xml-value/251628/1 "2008-02-11T09:31:31Z")

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This is probably very simple but I’m not sure what to google

if I have an XML file like

```auto
<myXML>
  <test id="test1" />
  <test id="test2" />
</myXML>

```

how do I access the id value from the test node?