Could it be because the Xpath may return either a string or an array depending on how you structure your query?
I agree that if there was a selectText type method where you pass in an xpath where you expect only one (or the first) resulting text value would be great. Doug Coning Software Developer FORUM Solutions, LLC > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:flashcoders- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Merrill, Jason > Sent: Tuesday, December 20, 2005 2:55 PM > To: Flashcoders mailing list > Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] Out of curiosity, XPath and String Datatype > Oddity > > That's using Flash's XML object with XPath to grab the node value - sure > that works, and is good for nodes with CDATA, but overly complex - > wrapping String() around it is easier. I was wondering just about the > XPath implementation and why it doesn't return a native string, thanks > though. > > Jason Merrill | E-Learning Solutions | icfconsulting.com > > > > > > > > > > >>-----Original Message----- > >>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:flashcoders- > >>[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mike Boutin > >>Sent: Tuesday, December 20, 2005 1:43 PM > >>To: Flashcoders mailing list > >>Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Out of curiosity, XPath and String Datatype > Oddity > >> > >>Maybe something like this may help? > >> > >>myText=XMLNode((XPath.selectNodes(myxml,"myNodePath/mynode()")[0])).no > de > >>Value; > >> > >> > >> > >>Mike Boutin > >> > >> > >>Merrill, Jason wrote: > >> > >>>>>AFAIK, XPath.selectNodes() returns an Array. > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>> > >>>How do you use Xpath to return node values then? > >>> > >>>Jason Merrill | E-Learning Solutions | icfconsulting.com > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>>>>-----Original Message----- > >>>>>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:flashcoders- > >>>>>[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Johan Lopes > >>>>>Sent: Tuesday, December 20, 2005 1:07 PM > >>>>>To: Flashcoders mailing list > >>>>>Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Out of curiosity, XPath and String > Datatype > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>Oddity > >>> > >>> > >>>>>Hi Jason, > >>>>> > >>>>>AFAIK, XPath.selectNodes() returns an Array. > >>>>> > >>>>><snippet from the docs> > >>>>> > >>>>> /** > >>>>>10 * selectNodes > >>>>>11 * > >>>>>12 * returns an array of nodes that match the given XPath > >>>>>13 * expression using the the XMLNode (context) as the > >>>>>14 * starting context for the expression. > >>>>>15 * > >>>>>16 * This is the description > >>>>>17 * @param (XMLNode)context > >>>>>18 * @param (String)XPath expression > >>>>>19 * @return (Array) matching nodes > >>>>>20 */ > >>>>>21 static function selectNodes(context,path:String):Array{ > >>>>>22 return XPathParser.parseQuery(context,path) > >>>>>23 } > >>>>>24 > >>>>> > >>>>></snippet from the docs> > >>>>> > >>>>>HTH, > >>>>> > >>>>>/Johan > >>>>> > >>>>>On 12/20/05, Merrill, Jason <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>>>I'm asking this more out of curiosity than necessity, but the > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>responses > >>> > >>> > >>>>>>to this thread may help be avoid some headaches in the future. > >>>>>> > >>>>>>Been using xfactorstudio's Xpath classes with great success. > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>However, I > >>> > >>> > >>>>>>have found an odd thing - sometimes I have to cast what I thought > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>was > >>> > >>> > >>>>>>already string, to a String in order for a V2 component to accept > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>the > >>> > >>> > >>>>>>value. For example, > >>>>>> > >>>>>>**This does not work: > >>>>>> > >>>>>>var thisVideo:String = XPath.selectNodes("content_xml", > >>>>>>"thecontentpath/@videoUrl"); > >>>>>>video_mc.mediaPlayer.setMedia(thisVideo);//does not work > >>>>>> > >>>>>>----Even though no compiler errors and a trace on the var > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>"thisVideo" > >>> > >>> > >>>>>>traces the proper "string" (media/video/Welcome.flv) - or what I > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>thought > >>> > >>> > >>>>>>was a string, the video in the MediaPlayback component does not > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>play.--- > >>> > >>> > >>>>>>**So instead, when casting to String first, this works: > >>>>>>var thisVideo:String = String(XPath.selectNodes("content_xml", > >>>>>>"thecontentpath/@videoUrl")); > >>>>>>video_mc.mediaPlayer.setMedia(thisVideo);.//works > >>>>>> > >>>>>>Why? What type of object was the Xpath value before I cast it to > a > >>>>>>string? This makes sense for numbers in an XML file, but for > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>Strings??? > >>> > >>> > >>>>>>The kicker is I can send other XPath values I don't cast to > strings > >>>>>>first to text fields, textAreas, and they show up fine. So is it > >>>>>>something quirky with V2 components as well? > >>>>>> > >>>>>>Thanks. > >>>>>> > >>>>>>Jason Merrill | E-Learning Solutions | icfconsulting.com > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>>NOTICE: > >>>>>>This message is for the designated recipient only and may contain > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>privileged or > >>> > >>> > >>>>>confidential information. If you have received it in error, please > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>notify the sender > >>> > >>> > >>>>>immediately and delete the original. 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