FINDBASE ref; res; attr1; …

STx 3.9 Documentation

usage:

ref	element reference or * for current element
res	selects the type of the result (see description)
attrX	list of attribute names to be retrieved

result:

depends of argument res (see description)

description:

Find the base element of the current or specified element and return informations selected by argument res.

res	description	result
SELECT	select the base element and retrieve base element information	'tag;children[;attr;..]'
INFO	retrieve base element information but do not change current position	'tag;children[;attr;…]'
SAVEPOS	save position of base element but do not change current position	'pos'

with:

tag	base element tag
children	number of children of base element
attr	value of attributes specified in the command
pos	position string of base element