require 'lxp'
data = [[<Students>
  <Student Name="April" Gender="F" DateOfBirth="1989-01-02" />
  <Student Name="Bob" Gender="M"  DateOfBirth="1990-03-04" />
  <Student Name="Chad" Gender="M"  DateOfBirth="1991-05-06" />
  <Student Name="Dave" Gender="M"  DateOfBirth="1992-07-08">
    <Pet Type="dog" Name="Rover" />
  </Student>
  <Student DateOfBirth="1993-09-10" Gender="F" Name="&#x00C9;mily" />
</Students>]]

p = lxp.new({StartElement = function (parser, name, attr)
	if name == 'Student' and attr.Name then
		print(attr.Name)
	end
end})

p:parse(data)
p:close()