# Need help - xml atributes reading

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**Created:** [September 1, 2007, 3:40pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/need-help-xml-atributes-reading/237642 "2007-09-01T15:40:16Z")\
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**Author:** ![ffelow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/977dab/32.png) [@ffelow](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/ffelow)\
**Post date:** [September 1, 2007, 3:40pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/need-help-xml-atributes-reading/237642/1 "2007-09-01T15:40:16Z")

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Ok ,here it goes - got myself an xml file,and it’s populated with about 5-6 child nodes,when one of the contains atributes:  
[SIZE=1][COLOR=Sienna]\<?xml version=“1.0” encoding=“utf-8” standalone=“yes”?\>  
\<menu spage=“image1.jpg” stitle=“First Page”\>  
\<menuitems\>  
\<item type=“battons”\>  
\<battName\>Cyclone Aviation\</battName\>  
\<datatext\>\<![CDATA[The explosions took place minutes apart at an open-air auditorium and a popular outdoor restaurant.]]\>\</datatext\>  
\<simage\>1.jpg\</simage\>  
\<bimage\>Image1.jpg\</bimage\>  
\<parts\>  
\<image id=“ids1” mainmenuid=“vfvdf” slideid=“sfsd” submenuid=“jkjkkjkj” video=“no” smalpicture=“Image1.jpg” bigpicture=“Image1.jpg” order=“1” /\>  
\<image id=“ids2” slideid=“sfsd” submenuid=“fhfhf” mainmenuid=“vfvdf” video=“no” smalpicture=“Image14.jpg” bigpicture=“Image15.jpg” order=“2” /\>  
\<image id=“ids3” slideid=“sfsd” submenuid=“fhgfhgy” mainmenuid=“vfvdf” video=“no” smalpicture=“Image15.jpg” bigpicture=“Image15.jpg” order=“3” /\>  
\</parts\>  
\</item\>[/COLOR][/SIZE]

and a function called to retrive atributes from the \<part\> childNode :

var rButName = items\*.childNodes[4].firstChild;  
Then,callin’ function -  
[SIZE=1]function parseAttribs(attrib) {  
var rightPlane = attrib;  
for (var p = 0; p\<rightPlane.length; p++) {  
var rightBut = rightButs[p];  
var attribs = rightBut.childNodes;  
for (var s = 0; s\<attribs.length; s++) {  
var localAtrib = attribs[s];  
trace(rightPlane.attributes.id+" and “”+attribs.attributes.smalpicture+""");  
}  
}  
}[/SIZE]  
No can get anything,thougthi can see in debugger the first in  
the \<image\>'s nodes.

I tried to follow one of the tutorials,when first of the for’s is getting’ the \<image\>,while second is triing to get the atributes,right ?  
me think,i’m wrong with the .length of the first ‘loop’ (yes,originaly i’m from Lingo camp ,8)))  
Need help,‘couse tHe freakin’ xml is driving me nutz…