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    copied!<p>I have the code below working well. It searches my xml file for all the "outcome_text" nodes of a particular branch (the 'str' branch), then writes the text to a table. Problem is, I would really like to get the value of the parent nodes attribute as well (the overall id value). That way my table row would be two columns: OVerall ID and Outcome. I can do it no problem in VB/asp xpath, but trying to make a client side version for mobile. here is a snippet of the xml:</p> <pre><code> &lt;curriculum&gt; &lt;strand id="Dance"&gt; &lt;strand_text&gt;Dance&lt;/strand_text&gt; &lt;overalls&gt; &lt;overall id="A1"&gt; &lt;overall_text&gt;Creating and Presenting: apply the creative process (see pages 19-22) to the composition of simple dance phrases, using the elements of dance to communicate feelings and ideas&lt;/overall_text&gt; &lt;specifics&gt; &lt;specific&gt;&lt;/specific&gt; &lt;/specifics&gt; &lt;/overall&gt; &lt;overall id="A2"&gt; &lt;overall_text&gt;Reflecting, Responding, and Analysing: apply the critical analysis process (see pages 23-28) to communicate their feelings, ideas, and understandings in response to a variety of dance pieces and experiences&lt;/overall_text&gt; &lt;specifics&gt; &lt;specific&gt;&lt;/specific&gt; &lt;/specifics&gt; &lt;/overall&gt; &lt;/overalls&gt; &lt;/strand&gt; &lt;strand id="visual"&gt; . . . &lt;/strand&gt; &lt;/curriculum&gt; </code></pre> <p>and here is the code: (ignore the IE bits--it will be on Android and IOS only)</p> <pre><code> &lt;script&gt; function popout() { var gr = gradedd.options[gradedd.selectedIndex].value var sb = subdd.options[subdd.selectedIndex].value var str = stranddd.options[stranddd.selectedIndex].value xml = loadXMLDoc("resources/ont/grade_" + gr + "_" + sb + ".xml"); path = "/curriculum/strand[@id='" + str + "']/overalls/overall/overall_text" // code for IE if (window.ActiveXObject) { var nodes = xml.selectNodes(path); for (i = 0; i &lt; nodes.length; i++) { // ddlist[0] = nodes[i].childNodes[0].nodeValue; ignore // dropdown[dropdown.length] = new Option(ddlist[i], ddlist[i]); ignore } } // code for Mozilla, Firefox, Opera, etc. else if (document.implementation &amp;&amp; document.implementation.createDocument) { var nodes = xml.evaluate(path, xml, null, XPathResult.ANY_TYPE, null); var result = nodes.iterateNext(); var txt = "&lt;table border='1'&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;th&gt;Strand&lt;/th&gt;&lt;th&gt;OVERALL&lt;/th&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;"; while (result) { ind = str; // but would like the value of outcome node attribute var over = result.childNodes[0].nodeValue txt = txt + "&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;" + ind + "&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;" + over + "&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;" result = nodes.iterateNext(); } } txt = txt + "&lt;/table&gt;" document.getElementById('outtable').innerHTML = txt; } </code></pre> <p></p>
 

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