# Traverse back in an XML Tree

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/traverse-back-in-an-xml-tree/158679>\
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**Created:** [August 11, 2005, 3:28am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/traverse-back-in-an-xml-tree/158679 "2005-08-11T03:28:31Z")\
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**Author:** ![NovemberRain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/73ab20/32.png) [@NovemberRain](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/NovemberRain)\
**Post date:** [August 11, 2005, 3:28am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/traverse-back-in-an-xml-tree/158679/1 "2005-08-11T03:28:31Z")

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![](http://forum.kirupa.com/uploads/kirupa/1653/2e1e606ec25e1e75.gif)  
How to read an XML document as shown in the figure.  
From bottom to top direction using XML Object. First take the parent node of  
of the current node and move upward direction. We can pass  
the values of array index or any values that we need  
to traverse in this direction. Any suggestion will really  
appreciable.

I’m really confusing how to get the parent.

thanks in advance  
👽