ELEMENTS_BY_TAG_NAME
Syntax
ELEMENTS_BY_TAG_NAME(<string [containing HTML elements]>;<tag name>)
Description
Returns all elements with a specified tag name as a list.
Example
Download the example file: HTML_File_Example.html
Given the following excerpt from the HTML file:
<body> <h1>Affected People</h1> <table border="1" rules="groups"> <thead> <tr> <th>Association 1</th> <th>Association 2</th> <th>Association 3</th> </tr> </thead> <tfoot> <tr> <td><i>affected:<br>4 Million People</i></td> <td><i>affected:<br>2 Million People</i></td> <td><i>affected:<br>1 Million People</i></td> </tr> </tfoot> <tbody> <tr> <td>New York</td> <td>San Francisco</td> <td>Atlanta</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Bread</td> <td>Biscuits</td> <td>Rolls</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Sandwich</td> <td>Soup</td> <td>Salad</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </body>
Return all the HTML elements in italics.
Select the column with your HTML data as the HTML argument and use i as the tag name argument.
The result is all of the <i> elements displayed as a list.
[<i>affected:<br />4 Million People</i>, <i>affected:<br />2 Million People</i>, <i>affected:<br />1 Million People</i>] |