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GET-TYPE-BY-INDEX( ) method

Gets the type of the attribute at the given 1-based index.

Return type: CHARACTER

Applies to: SAX-attributes object handle

Syntax

GET-TYPE-BY-INDEX ( index )

index

An INTEGER expression indicating the 1-based index of the attribute.

The attribute type is one of the following strings: “CDATA,” “ID,” “IDREF,” “IDREFS,” “NMTOKEN,” “NMTOKENS,” “ENTITY,” “ENTITIES,” or “NOTATION.” These are always uppercase.

Returns the Unknown value (?) if the index is less than 1 or greater than the value of SAX-attributes object’s NUM-ITEMS attribute.