# Need help with XML

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**Created:** [April 26, 2008, 10:07pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/need-help-with-xml/258694 "2008-04-26T22:07:14Z")\
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**Post date:** [April 26, 2008, 10:07pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/need-help-with-xml/258694/1 "2008-04-26T22:07:14Z")

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hello.  
Im a little confused with XML right now,  
never worked with it before.

i have a XML file that looks like this:  
[AS]  
\<?xml version=“1.0” encoding=“utf-8” standalone=“yes”?\>  
\<spells\>  
\<spell\>  
\<label\>Fire\</label\>  
\<animation\>fire\</animation\>  
\<levels\>  
\<1\>  
\<dmg\>2\</dmg\>  
\<mana\>5\</mana\>  
\</1\>  
\<2\>  
\<dmg\>4\</dmg\>  
\<mana\>6\</mana\>  
\</2\>  
\<3\>  
\<dmg\>7\</dmg\>  
\<mana\>8\</mana\>  
\</3\>  
\<4\>  
\<dmg\>10\</dmg\>  
\<mana\>11\</mana\>  
\</4\>  
\</levels\>  
\</spell\>  
\</spells\>  
[/AS]

Is this a good a good buildt for XML?  
Any other way to make it better?  
I wonder how i would get the length of the levels nodes?