# xmlSetAttributes

Set the attributes name and value.

## Calling Sequence

                xmlObj = xmlSetAttributes(xmlObj, nameValue)

## Arguments

xmlObj

  xmlObj, a XML mlist typed XMLSet or XMLList or XMLElem or XMLAttr

nameValue

  nameValue, a matrix nx2 or nx3 of strings where each rows contains [name value] or [prefix name value]

## Description

Set the attributes of an element or a list of elements.

## Examples

        doc = xmlReadStr("<root><a><b><c></c></b></a><b></b></root>");

        // Retrieve all the nodes
        xp = xmlXPath(doc, "//*");

        // Add the attributes hello="world" and bonjour="monde" to all the nodes
        xmlSetAttributes(xp, ["hello" "world" ; "bonjour" "monde"]);
        xmlDump(doc)

        // Add the attribute foo="bar" to the first child of root
        xmlSetAttributes(doc.root.children(1), ["foo" "bar"]);
        xmlDump(doc)

        // Add the attribute bar="foo" to all the children of root
        xmlSetAttributes(doc.root.children, ["bar" "foo"]);

        // Add the attribute truc="machin" to the list of the attributes of the second <b>
        xmlSetAttributes(doc.root.children(2).attributes, ["truc" "machin"]);
        xmlDump(doc)

        xmlDelete(doc);

## See Also

- XMLObjects

## History

5.4.0
XML module introduced.