errr...
function getNumItems(level:int, xml:XML):int{
var levelXML:XML = xml.menu;
for(var i:int = 0; i < level; i ++){
levelXML = levelXML.item[whichItems[i]];
}
return levelXML.length();
}
On Sun, Aug 14, 2011 at 1:24 AM, Taka Kojima <[email protected]> wrote:
> I don't even know why I'm responding to this, but. Ktu gave you the answer
> yet you seemed to ignore it? You don't need an eval at all.
>
> function getNumItems(level:int, xml:XML):int{
> var levelXML:XML = xml.menu;
> for(var i:int = 0; i < level; i ++){
> levelXML = levelXML.item[whichItems[level]];
> }
> return levelXML.length();
> }
>
> does exactly what this would do, if AS3 had an eval:
>
> var j:String = "xml.menu.item[whichItems[0]]";
> var k:String = new String();
> var l:int = level;
> while (l--)
> {
> k += ".item[whichItems[" + String(l) + "]]";
> }
> totalItems = (j + k);
>
> Taka
>
>
> On Sat, Aug 13, 2011 at 7:17 PM, Merrill, Jason <
> [email protected]> wrote:
>
>> And here's another recursive function example for XML, slightly different,
>> with a more complex structure, showing how to get all values from some
>> attributes in an XML file (in this case, firstName and lastName), no matter
>> where or how deep they lie:
>>
>> var peopleXML:XML =
>> <people>
>> <person firstName="Bob" lastName="Smith">
>> <person firstName="Timmy" lastName="Smith" />
>> <person firstName="Jenny" lastName="Jones" >
>> <person firstName="Sal" lastName="Stephens" />
>> </person>
>> <person firstName="Marcia" lastName="Marquez">
>> <person firstName="Julio" lastName="Rogers"/>
>> </person>
>> </person>
>> <person firstName="Tom" lastName="Williams">
>> <person firstName="Mary" lastName="Jones" />
>> <person firstName="Albert" lastName="Denniston">
>> <person firstName="Barney" lastName="Elmington" />
>> <person firstName="Campo" lastName="Fatigua">
>> <person firstName="Harpo"
>> lastName="Oprah"/>
>> </person>
>> <person firstName="Hugo" lastName="Boss">
>> <person firstName="Benny"
>> lastName="Elkins"/>
>> <person firstName="Sheri"
>> lastName="Downing"/>
>> </person>
>> </person>
>> </person>
>> <person firstName="Marcia" lastName="Marquez">
>> <person firstName="Manny" lastName="Peterson"/>
>> </person>
>> <person firstName="Joe" lastName="Merritt"/>
>> </people>;
>>
>>
>> function recurseXML(xml:*):void
>> {
>> var xmlList:XMLList = xml.children();
>> for each (var currentNode:* in xmlList)
>> {
>> trace(currentNode.@firstName+" "+currentNode.@lastName);
>> if(currentNode.children()) recurseXML(currentNode);
>> }
>> }
>>
>> recurseXML(peopleXML);
>>
>> //Traces:
>> Bob Smith
>> Timmy Smith
>> Jenny Jones
>> Sal Stephens
>> Marcia Marquez
>> Julio Rogers
>> Tom Williams
>> Mary Jones
>> Albert Denniston
>> Barney Elmington
>> Campo Fatigua
>> Harpo Oprah
>> Hugo Boss
>> Benny Elkins
>> Sheri Downing
>> Marcia Marquez
>> Manny Peterson
>> Joe Merritt
>>
>> Jason Merrill
>> Instructional Technology Architect II
>> Bank of America Global Learning
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> _______________________
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: [email protected] [mailto:
>> [email protected]] On Behalf Of Merrill, Jason
>> Sent: Saturday, August 13, 2011 9:58 PM
>> To: Flash Coders List
>> Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] Simplify XML Call
>>
>> >> Then I think I hit on what Jason was suggesting:
>>
>> Not really. :) I think you're over complicating this. This is all I was
>> suggesting you do from my original suggestion, it's pretty straightforward
>> (this is a test case you could copy paste and run):
>>
>> //DUMMY DATA:
>> var myXML:XML = <data>
>> <functionalarea type="amountKeying"
>> backgroundImage="images/background.png">
>> <exercises>
>> <exercise type="NoviceRDS">
>> <keyingItems>
>> <keyingItem
>> fileURL="assets/images/simulations/ATC/atc_701201045.png"
>> invertedFileURL="myImages/myFileInverted1.png" legible="true" amount="78400"
>> />
>> <keyingItem
>> fileURL="myImages/myFile2.png"
>> invertedFileURL="myImages/myFileInverted2.png" legible="false"
>> amount="743600" />
>> <keyingItem
>> fileURL="myImages/myFile3.png"
>> invertedFileURL="myImages/myFileInverted3.png" legible="true"
>> amount="3213212" />
>> <keyingItem
>> fileURL="myImages/amountkeying/myFile4.png"
>> invertedFileURL="myImages/myFileInverted4.png" legible="true"
>> amount="43242323" />
>> <keyingItem
>> fileURL="myImages/myFile5.png"
>> invertedFileURL="myImages/myFileInverted5.png" legible="true" amount="78400"
>> />
>> <keyingItem
>> fileURL="myImages/myFile6.png"
>> invertedFileURL="myImages/myFileInverted6.png" legible="false"
>> amount="342132" />
>> <keyingItem
>> fileURL="myImages/myFile7.png"
>> invertedFileURL="myImages/myFileInverted7.png" legible="true" amount="78400"
>> />
>> </keyingItems>
>> </exercise>
>> <exercise type="ExpertRDS">
>> <keyingItems>
>> <keyingItem
>> fileURL="assets/images/simulations/ATC/atc_701201045.png"
>> invertedFileURL="myImages/myFileInverted1.png" legible="true" amount="78400"
>> />
>> <keyingItem
>> fileURL="myImages/myFile2.png"
>> invertedFileURL="myImages/myFileInverted2.png" legible="false"
>> amount="743600" />
>> <keyingItem
>> fileURL="myImages/myFile3.png"
>> invertedFileURL="myImages/myFileInverted3.png" legible="true"
>> amount="3213212" />
>> <keyingItem
>> fileURL="myImages/amountkeying/myFile4.png"
>> invertedFileURL="myImages/myFileInverted4.png" legible="true"
>> amount="43242323" />
>> <keyingItem
>> fileURL="myImages/myFile5.png"
>> invertedFileURL="myImages/myFileInverted5.png" legible="true" amount="78400"
>> />
>> <keyingItem
>> fileURL="myImages/myFile6.png"
>> invertedFileURL="myImages/myFileInverted6.png" legible="false"
>> amount="342132" />
>> <keyingItem
>> fileURL="myImages/myFile7.png"
>> invertedFileURL="myImages/myFileInverted7.png" legible="true" amount="78400"
>> />
>> </keyingItems>
>> </exercise>
>> </exercises>
>> </functionalarea>
>> </data>
>>
>> //RECURSIVE FUNCTION:
>>
>> var totalItems:uint = 0;
>>
>> function countItems(xmlNode:XML):void
>> {
>> var xmlChildren:XMLList = xmlNode.children();
>> if(xmlChildren.length() > 0)
>> {
>> for each (var xmlNode:XML in xmlChildren)
>> {
>> totalItems++;
>> countItems(xmlNode); //The recursive call
>> }
>> }
>> }
>>
>> countItems(myXML);
>>
>> //RESULT:
>> trace(totalItems);//Traces 20 - there are 20 nodes in the given XML from
>> the root down.
>>
>> Instead of the root, you could start farther in too if you wanted, i.e.:
>>
>> var exercisesXML:XML = myXML.functionalarea[0].exercises[0];
>> countItems(exercisesXML);
>> trace(totalItems); //traces 18 - there are 18 nodes from that level down.
>>
>> If that's not exactly what you need, it would seem the general concept
>> could be modified to fit your needs. Hope that helps,
>>
>> Jason Merrill
>> Instructional Technology Architect II
>> Bank of America Global Learning
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> _______________________
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: [email protected] [mailto:
>> [email protected]] On Behalf Of John Polk
>> Sent: Saturday, August 13, 2011 5:58 PM
>> To: Flash Coders List
>> Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Simplify XML Call
>>
>> > From: Henrik Andersson <[email protected]>
>>
>> > To: Flash Coders List <[email protected]>
>> > Sent: Saturday, August 13, 2011 3:37 PM
>> > Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Simplify XML Call
>> >
>> > There is still no eval function.
>>
>> I know there is no eval fn. Jason Merrill earlier wrote: "You just need a
>> recursive loop to do this. So I would write a function that handles each
>> node level individually, adding to a class-level private property called
>> something like, _totalItems." I tried googling [as3 "recursive loop" xml
>> node] without much luck. Then I think I hit on what Jason was suggesting:
>>
>> var x:*;
>> x = xml.menu.item[whichItems[0]];
>> var levelsLeft:int = level - 2;
>> var q:int = 4;
>> while(levelsLeft--)
>> {
>> x = x.item[whichItems[q]];
>> q--;
>> }
>> trace('xxx', x.item.length());
>>
>> The problem is that for reasons that don't bear explaining I'm not ready
>> to test this beyond the first level today :-} But I think it (or some tweak)
>> should work (and I'll clean out that wildcard var).
>>
>> Thanks,
>> John
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