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  1. kneeboarder

    Checking if node exists before accessing data

    thanks tsuji :)
  2. kneeboarder

    Checking if node exists before accessing data

    someone has suggested this var el = x[i].getElementsByTagName("fieldname")[0]; if (el.childNodes && el.childNodes.length > 0) { // access the nodeValue } else { // don't }
  3. kneeboarder

    Checking if node exists before accessing data

    If I'm looping through the xml and using getElementsByTagName - x[i].getElementsByTagName("fieldname")[0].childNodes[0].nodeValue is there a way of checking whether that node exists? This errors if the field is empty or the field doesn't exist at all so I want to test first before trying to...
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