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Class | XML
Name | ### addChild()
Examples |
    // The following short XML file called "mammals.xml" is parsed
    // in the code below. It must be in the project's "data" folder.
    //
    // <?xml version="1.0"?>
    // <mammals>
    //   <animal id="0" species="Capra hircus">Goat</animal>
    //   <animal id="1" species="Panthera pardus">Leopard</animal>
    //   <animal id="2" species="Equus zebra">Zebra</animal>
    // </mammals>

    XML xml;

    void setup() {
      xml = loadXML("mammals.xml");
      XML newChild = xml.addChild("animal");
      newChild.setContent("bloodhound");
      println(xml);
    }

    // Sketch prints:
    // <mammals>
    //   <animal id="0" species="Capra hircus">Goat</animal>
    //   <animal id="1" species="Panthera pardus">Leopard</animal>
    //   <animal id="2" species="Equus zebra">Zebra</animal>
    // <animal>bloodhound</animal>
    // </mammals>
Description | Appends a new child to the element. The child can be specified with either a String, which will be used as the new tag's name, or as a reference to an existing XML object. A reference to the newly created child is returned as an XML object.
Syntax |
    .addChild(tag)
    .addChild(child)
Returns | XML

Updated on July 4, 2018 11:56:46am EDT