[4suite] get attribute value via XPath

[Uche Ogbuji]

re-send from July 1 a.m....

7kkvhyf02 at sneakemail.com wrote:
> How do I get the attribute value via XPath?
>
> Currently I'm using the following workaround:
>
> attr = Evaluate( '//element/@attr1', contextNode=doc )[0].nodeValue
>   

The above is perfectly legitimate, but if you're sure that in your case
you just want the string value of the attribute, use the string function:

attrval = Evaluate('string(//element/@attr1)', contextNode=doc)


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