IEDom.Attributes returns more than expected IE9.0

[jdelaney]

Launch an IE 9@ google.com, and then run the following...

#include <IE.au3>
#include <Array.au3>
$oObj = _IEAttach("google")
$colNode = _IETagNameGetCollection ( $oObj, "input" )
For $Node In $colNode
MsgBox ( 4096, "test", $Node.attributes.length & " " & $Node.outerhtml)
$colAttr = $Node.attributes
Dim $aitests[$colAttr.length][4]
For $Attr in $colAttr
  $aitests[$i][0] = $Attr.Name
  $aitests[$i][1] = $Attr.Value
  $aitests[$i][2] = $Attr.NodeName
  $aitests[$i][3] = $Attr.NodeValue
  ;msgbox ( 4096, "test", "colNode.length=" & $colNode.Length & "  colAttr.length=" & $colAttr.length & "  Attr.nodename=" & $Attr.NodeName & "  Attr.nodevalue=" & $Attr.NodeValue & "  Attr.name=" & $Attr.Name &  "  Attr.Value=" & $Attr.Value )
Next
_ArrayDisplay ( $aitests )
Next

The first message box will show there are only 2 attributes...but then, actually getting the .attributes of each node results in over 100 returns. Anyone sure why? And those that are returned, none match what are in the actual attributes.

The .attributes works fine on XMLdom objects.

Edited May 18, 2012 by jdelaney

[JohnOne]

I'd fix script if I were you, since you are asking people to run it.

Where does $i come from?

[jdelaney]

haha, you solved my issue, thanks. I happened to have an $i declared (above the piece i copied in), so it worked, but did not reutrn what was expected...fixed:

#include <IE.au3>
#include <Array.au3>
$oObj = _IEAttach("google")
$colNode = _IETagNameGetCollection ( $oObj, "input" )
For $Node In $colNode
MsgBox ( 4096, "test", $Node.attributes.length & " " & $Node.outerhtml)
$colAttr = $Node.attributes
Dim $aitests[$colAttr.length][4]
$i = 0
For $Attr in $colAttr
  $aitests[$i][0] = $Attr.Name
  $aitests[$i][1] = $Attr.Value
  $aitests[$i][2] = $Attr.NodeName
  $aitests[$i][3] = $Attr.NodeValue
  ;msgbox ( 4096, "test", "colNode.length=" & $colNode.Length & "  colAttr.length=" & $colAttr.length & "  Attr.nodename=" & $Attr.NodeName & "  Attr.nodevalue=" & $Attr.NodeValue & "  Attr.name=" & $Attr.Name &  "  Attr.Value=" & $Attr.Value )
  $i = $i + 1
Next
_ArrayDisplay ( $aitests )
Next

Oh, and FYI, .attributes returns ALL possible attributes, and only includes values for those that have values.

Edited May 18, 2012 by jdelaney