.. _XML.descendants:

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XML.descendants
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   :ref:`XML` **descendants** (:ref:`string` **name**)


Parameters
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| **name** | The name of the descendant to find. |
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Description
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Returns all the XML-valued descendants of this XML object with the given name.

If the name parameter is omitted, returns all descendants of this XML object.