CXML-GET-SIBLING-BY-CDATA

Retrieves the sibling element by character data.

Syntax:

CALL "C$XML" USING CXML-GET-SIBLING-BY-CDATA, handle, regex, flags

Parameters:

CXML-GET-SIBLING-BY-CDATA Op-code 21. Numeric data item that specifies the operation to perform. Each operation is defined in acucobol.def, which is included with your system.
handle USAGE handle
regex A regular expression
flags

(Optional)

Numeric value

On Entry:

CXML-GET-SIBLING-BY-CDATA Value 21
handle An element handle.
flags

(Optional)

A collection of flags to apply to the regular expression. The valid flags are listed in acucobol.def and described under C$REGEXP op-code 2. They can be added together to get more than one flag.

On Exit:

RETURN-CODE

The handle of the returned child, or “0” if no such child exists.

Comments:

This operation returns the sibling element whose data matches the regular expression given. You can then call CXML-GET-DATA to retrieve the data associated with the element.