# Replace XmlTree child node
**URL:** https://discourse.libcinder.org/t/replace-xmltree-child-node/255
**Category:** Using Cinder
**Created:** [September 8, 2016, 9:55am UTC](https://discourse.libcinder.org/t/replace-xmltree-child-node/255 "2016-09-08T09:55:02Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author:  [@daniel](https://discourse.libcinder.org/u/daniel)
#### Post date: [September 8, 2016, 9:55am UTC](https://discourse.libcinder.org/t/replace-xmltree-child-node/255/1 "2016-09-08T09:55:02Z")
Hello,
I am trying to figure out how to replace a node in an XmlTree object. Something like:
```
for ( XmlTree node : myConfig ) {
if ( node->getTag() == "reference" ) {
node = myOtherNode;
}
}
```
So that the old node is deleted and myOtherNode is injected at exactly the same position.
Any ideas?
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### Author:  [@gabor\_papp](https://discourse.libcinder.org/u/gabor_papp)
#### Post date: [September 8, 2016, 10:04am UTC](https://discourse.libcinder.org/t/replace-xmltree-child-node/255/2 "2016-09-08T10:04:56Z")
Hi,
This thread might help from the [old forum](https://forum.libcinder.org/topic/remove-replace-xml-tag).
-Gabor
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### Author:  [@daniel](https://discourse.libcinder.org/u/daniel)
#### Post date: [September 8, 2016, 10:13am UTC](https://discourse.libcinder.org/t/replace-xmltree-child-node/255/3 "2016-09-08T10:13:00Z")
Perfect, thank you very much! I somehow missed that thread.
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### Author:  [@lithium](https://discourse.libcinder.org/u/lithium)
#### Post date: [September 8, 2016, 11:19am UTC](https://discourse.libcinder.org/t/replace-xmltree-child-node/255/4 "2016-09-08T11:19:53Z")
You’re copying into `node`. Try iterating with a reference:
```
for ( XmlTree& node : myConfig )
{ // ^ This cheeky fellow here.
if ( node->getTag() == "reference" ) {
node = myOtherNode;
}
}
```
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### Author:  [@daniel](https://discourse.libcinder.org/u/daniel)
#### Post date: [September 8, 2016, 12:01pm UTC](https://discourse.libcinder.org/t/replace-xmltree-child-node/255/5 "2016-09-08T12:01:39Z")
haha. Just came back to report my major facepalm. Sorry for the inconvenience 🙂