## Copyright (C) 2013 Philip Nienhuis
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## -*- texinfo -*- 
## @deftypefn {Function File} address@hidden = getxmlattv (@var{xmlnode}, @var{att})
## Get value of attribute @var{att} in xml node in string @var{xmlnode}.
## of an xml string, return empty if attribute isn't present.
##
## @seealso{}
## @end deftypefn

## Author: Philip Nienhuis <address@hidden>
## Created: 2013-09-08

function [retval] = getxmlattv (xmlnode, att)

  retval = '';

  ## Get end of first tag
  iend = index (xmlnode, ">");
  ## Get start of value string. Concat '="' to ensure minimal ambiguity
  vals = index (xmlnode, [att '="']);
  if (vals == 0)
    ## Attribute not in current tag
    return
  elseif (vals)
    vals = vals + length (att) + 2;
    vale = regexp (xmlnode(vals:end), '"[ >/]');
    if (! isempty (vale))
      retval = xmlnode(vals:vals+vale-2);
    endif
  endif

endfunction