Get-XMLAttribute.ps1

1. <# 
2. .SYNOPSIS 
3.     This script retrieves an attribute from an XML Element  
4. .DESCRIPTION 
5.     This script first creates an in-memory XML document, then used the  
6.     HasAttribute and GetAttribute to retrieve an attribute. 
7. .NOTES 
8.     File Name  : Get-XMLAttribute.ps1 
9.     Author     : Thomas Lee - tfl@psp.co.uk 
10.     Requires   : PowerShell Version 2.0 
11. .LINK 
12.     This script posted to: 
13.         http://pshscripts.blogspot.com/2010/06/get-xmlattributeps1.html 
14.     MSDN Sample posted at: 
15.         http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/efsc3w6k.aspx
16. .EXAMPLE 
17.     PSH [C:\foo]: .\Get-XMLAttribute.ps1 
18.     Elemnt has genre: novel 
19. #> 
20. # Create XML document in memory 
21. $doc = new-object System.Xml.XmlDocument 
22. $doc.LoadXml("<book genre='novel' ISBN='1-861001-57-5'>" + 
23.                 "<title>Pride And Prejudice</title>" + 
24.                 "</book>"); 
25. # Set root 
26. $root = $doc.DocumentElement; 
27.  
28. # Check to see if the element has a genre attribute 
29. # Then display it 
30. if ($root.HasAttribute("genre")){ 
31.       $genre = $root.GetAttribute("genre"); 
32.       "Elemnt has genre: {0}" -f $genre 
33.    } 

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