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.TH "HTMLDocument.getAttribute" "3kaya" "August 2014" "Kaya" "Kaya module reference"
.SH "NAME"
HTMLDocument::getAttribute \- Gets an attribute value from a HTML element
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
.B Maybe<String>  getAttribute(
\fIElementTree element, String name\fP
.B ")"
.SH "ARGUMENTS"
.PP
.B "element"
The HTML element
.PP
.B "name"
The attribute name
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.PP
Gets an attribute value from a HTML element, or
\fBnothing \fP
if the attribute is not set.
.IP "" -4
 case getAttribute(el,"class") of {
     nothing -> setClass(el,"recentchange");
     | just(c) -> setClass(el,c+" recentchange");
 }
.SH "AUTHORS"
Kaya standard library by Edwin Brady, Chris Morris and others (kaya@kayalang.org). For further information see http://kayalang.org/
.SH LICENSE
The Kaya standard library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License (version 2.1 or any later version) as published by the Free Software Foundation.
.SH "RELATED"
.PD 0
.PP
.B "HTMLDocument.setAttribute"(3kaya)
.PD 0.4v