CustomXMLPrefixMappings.LookupPrefix method (Office)

Allows you to get a prefix corresponding to the specified namespace.

Syntax

expression.LookupPrefix(NamespaceURI)

expression An expression that returns a CustomXMLPrefixMappings object.

Parameters

Name	Required/Optional	Data type	Description
NamespaceURI	Required	String	Contains the namespace URI.

Return value

String

Remarks

If no prefix is assigned to the requested namespace, the method returns an empty string (""). If there are multiple prefixes specified in the namespace manager, the method returns the first prefix that matches the supplied namespace.

Example

The following example retrieves the namespace prefix associated with the namespace URI.

Dim objCustomPrefixMappings As  CustomPrefixMappings 
Dim strNamespacePrefix As String 
 
' Gets the namespace corresponding to the prefix. 
strNamespacePrefix = objCustomPrefixMappings.LookupPrefix("urn:invoice:namespace") 

See also

• CustomXMLPrefixMappings object members

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