| length.XMLNode {XML} | R Documentation |
This function is a simple way to compute the number
of sub-nodes (or children) an XMLNode object
possesses.
It is provided as a convenient form of calling the
xmlSize function.
length.XMLNode(x)
x |
the XMLNode object whose length is to be queried. |
An integer giving the number of sub-nodes of this node.
Duncan Temple Lang
http://www.w3.org/XML, http://www.jclark.com/xml, http://www.omegahat.org
doc <- xmlTreeParse(system.file("exampleData", "mtcars.xml", package="XML"))
r <- xmlRoot(doc, skip=TRUE)
length(r)
# get the last entry
r[[length(r)]]