An engineering approach to Software Testing and Test Automation

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Answers

1. How to count all direct children?

Set objColl = objParent.ChildElements()
intCount = objColl.Count

2. How to count all direct children, specific name tag?

Set objColl = objParent.ChildElementsByPath("./wanted")
intCount = objColl.Count

3. How to count all descendants?

Set objColl = objParent.ChildElementsByPath("descendant::*")
intCount = objColl.Count

References

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