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{{Server client function}}
{{New feature/item|3.0158|1.5.7|19626|This function creates an [[Xmlnode]] from a string input.}}
==Syntax==
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xmlnode xmlLoadString ( string xmlString )
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{{OOP|This function is a static function underneath the XML class.|[[XML]].loadstring||}}
===Required Arguments=== 
*'''xmlString:''' A string containing XML data

===Returns===
Returns the root [[xmlnode]] object of an xml string if successful, or ''false'' otherwise (invalid XML string).

==Example== 
This example loads an XML string and loops the children while outputting to debugscript.
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local rootNode = xmlLoadString("<animals test='x'><monkey name='crosroad'></monkey> <fox name='luxy'></fox></animals>")

if rootNode then
	local rootAttributes = xmlNodeGetAttributes(rootNode)
	print("Root Node", "Name: "..xmlNodeGetName(rootNode),  "Attributes :"..toJSON(rootAttributes))
	
	local children = xmlNodeGetChildren(rootNode)
	
	for i, childNode in ipairs(children) do
		local attributes = xmlNodeGetAttributes(childNode)
		print("Child #"..i, "Name: "..xmlNodeGetName(childNode), "Attributes :"..toJSON(attributes))
	end
end
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==Requirements==
{{Requirements|1.5.7-9.19626|1.5.7-9.19626|}}

==See Also==
{{Shared xml functions}}
[[ru:xmlLoadString]]