/*REXX program  extracts  student names  from an  XML  string(s).                       */
g.=
g.1 = '<Students>                                                             '
g.2 = '  <Student Name="April" Gender="F" DateOfBirth="1989-01-02" />         '
g.3 = '  <Student Name="Bob" Gender="M"  DateOfBirth="1990-03-04" />          '
g.4 = '  <Student Name="Chad" Gender="M"  DateOfBirth="1991-05-06" />         '
g.5 = '  <Student Name="Dave" Gender="M"  DateOfBirth="1992-07-08">           '
g.6 = '    <Pet Type="dog" Name="Rover" />                                    '
g.7 = '  </Student>                                                           '
g.8 = '  <Student DateOfBirth="1993-09-10" Gender="F" Name="&#x00C9;mily" />  '
g.9 = '</Students>                                                            '

  do j=1  while g.j\==''
  g.j=space(g.j)
  parse var   g.j   'Name="'   studname   '"'
  if studname\==''  then say studname
  end   /*j*/                                    /*stick a fork in it,  we're all done. */