# Help Defining XML Attributes, Please!

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**Created:** [June 12, 2009, 1:52am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-defining-xml-attributes-please/290264 "2009-06-12T01:52:31Z")\
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**Author:** ![ariel\_mirahy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dbc845/32.png) [@ariel\_mirahy](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/ariel_mirahy)\
**Post date:** [June 12, 2009, 1:52am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-defining-xml-attributes-please/290264/1 "2009-06-12T01:52:31Z")

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Hello everybody,

I’m trying on defining the attributes for an XML page…, can you help me out?, my real problem is that I dont know how to call an specific value from a single tag with values inside its own. For Example:

\<tagName1 value1=“1” value2=“2” value3=“3”\>  
\<tagName2 value4=“4”\>ACTUALLY NOTHING HERE\</tagName2\>  
\</tagName1\>

How can I obtain value1, value2, value3 and value4?

* * *

My other question is how to define attributes?

The atrributes I want to define are:

\*weekNumber  
\*matchupID  
\*secondsRemaining  
\*teamID  
\*home  
\*score

My XML look this way:

[AS]  
\<?xml version=“1.0” encoding=“ISO-8859-1”?\>  
\<nflSchedule week=“17”\>  
−  
\<matchup kickoff=“1230487200” gameSecondsRemaining=“0”\>  
\<team id=“NEP” isHome=“0” score=“13” rushDefenseRank=“14” passDefenseRank=“11” rushOffenseRank=“6” passOffenseRank=“12”/\>  
\<team id=“BUF” isHome=“1” score=“0” rushDefenseRank=“21” passDefenseRank=“13” rushOffenseRank=“14” passOffenseRank=“22”/\>  
\</matchup\>  
−  
\<matchup kickoff=“1230487200” gameSecondsRemaining=“0”\>  
\<team id=“TEN” isHome=“0” score=“0” rushDefenseRank=“6” passDefenseRank=“9” rushOffenseRank=“7” passOffenseRank=“27”/\>  
\<team id=“IND” isHome=“1” score=“23” rushDefenseRank=“23” passDefenseRank=“6” rushOffenseRank=“31” passOffenseRank=“5”/\>  
\</matchup\>  
−  
\<matchup kickoff=“1230487200” gameSecondsRemaining=“0”\>  
\<team id=“KCC” isHome=“0” score=“6” rushDefenseRank=“29” passDefenseRank=“28” rushOffenseRank=“16” passOffenseRank=“20”/\>  
\<team id=“CIN” isHome=“1” score=“16” rushDefenseRank=“20” passDefenseRank=“15” rushOffenseRank=“29” passOffenseRank=“30”/\>  
\</matchup\>  
\</nflSchedule\>  
[/AS]

So:

\*The weekNumber attribute is the inside value #1 of the tag at the top “nflSchedule” which is at level “this.firstChild”.

\*The matchupID attribute is the inside value #1 of the second tag “matchup” which is at level “this.firstChild.childNodes[matchup]”.

\*The secondsRemaining attribute is the inside value #2 of the second tag “matchup” which is at level “this.firstChild.childNodes[matchup]”.

\*The teamID attribute is the inside value #1 of the second tag “matchup” which is at level “this.firstChild.childNodes[matchup].childNodes[team]”.

\*The home attribute is the inside value #2 of the second tag “matchup” which is at level “this.firstChild.childNodes[matchup].childNodes[team]”.

\*The score attribute is the inside value #3 of the second tag “matchup” which is at level “this.firstChild.childNodes[matchup].childNodes[team]”.

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My third question would be how should the attributes be define to the easy acces of information?

For example, I want to know the score at Miami’s game so --\> if (matchupID.teamId == “MIA”){  
trace (matchupID.score.value)  
}

Or something like that…

THANKS A LOT, IF YOU HAVE TROUBLE SOMETHING OF YOUR OWN JUST LET ME KNOW!

Cheers,

Ariel