AFAIK your var myxml already refers to the root node of your XML document.
So your first example searches for a tag called "level1" inside the root tag (which is "level1"). Obviously, there is no such node and the text is empty. Your second example extracts a textual representation of the child nodes (plural) of tag "level2". The third example references the tag "level3a" inside the tag "level2" and extracts the text, which contains no more child nodes but just the text. Hope that helps Stefan -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with your first post. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.