Name
node:tostring — Output a node as a string
Synopsis
require('xml');
node:tostring();
Description
Where node is an XML element, this method returns a string representation of the XML source of the node and its children. This same method is also available as a __tostring metamethod, so node:tostring() and tostring(node) are equivalent.
local doc = xml.parsexml([[<doc></doc>]]); local node = doc:root(); local child = node:addchild("item"); child:contents("I am a child node."); print(child:tostring());
In this case the output is as follows:
<doc> <item>I am a child node.</item> </doc>
Note
The print function will automatically convert a node to string so the use of child:tostring in “node:tostring example” is not strictly necessary.
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