# Parsing XML

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/parsing-xml/266750>\
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**Created:** [July 24, 2008, 1:31am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/parsing-xml/266750 "2008-07-24T01:31:06Z")\
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**Author:** ![adnan794](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8edcca/32.png) [@adnan794](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/adnan794)\
**Post date:** [July 24, 2008, 1:31am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/parsing-xml/266750/1 "2008-07-24T01:31:06Z")

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Hello

What does \* do while parsing an XML node like the example given below

for (var i:int=0; i \< xml.\*.length(); i++)  
{  
var nam:String=xml.**.@name;  
var upOutColor:uint=xml.**.@upOutColor;

}