# Xml total children

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/xml-total-children/227669>\
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**Created:** [June 1, 2007, 3:11am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/xml-total-children/227669 "2007-06-01T03:11:21Z")\
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**Post date:** [June 1, 2007, 3:11am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/xml-total-children/227669/1 "2007-06-01T03:11:21Z")

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i would like to find out how to figure out children a node may have.

for example lets say i have this xml doc

```auto

<xml>
<data>
<thingy>text</thingy>
<thingy>text</thingy>
<thingy>text</thingy>
<thingy>text</thingy>
</data>
</xml>

```

how would i figure out that the node data has 4 children?