Hey thanks Wagner and Kenneth, I'll try this out! I feel pretty good I was close! I'll report back if it works for me.
Jason Merrill Bank of America Enterprise Technology & Global Risk L&LD Instructional Technology & Media Join the Bank of America Flash Platform Developer Community Are you a Bank of America associate interested in innovative learning ideas and technologies? Check out our internal GT&O Innovative Learning Blog & subscribe. >>-----Original Message----- >>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf >>Of Wagner Amaral >>Sent: Friday, July 18, 2008 5:04 PM >>To: Flash Coders List >>Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] XML deep searching >> >>Hi Jason, >> >>The error you're getting is actually syntatical. Here's what >>you wrote: >>re.(attribute()) >>And what you should've done: >>re.test(attribute()) >> >>Since re is an object of type RegExp, you want to call the >>method test() on it, and I guess it will work then >> >>Also, I believe this is more concise: >>xml..*.topic. >>instead of: >>xml.topics..topic.*. >> >>Still, I've got a bizarre behaviour when testing this out, >>I'll post a new thread shortly describing the problem. >> >>Wagner >> >> >> >>On Fri, Jul 18, 2008 at 4:48 PM, Merrill, Jason < >>[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >>> OK, so based on what I just picked out of the "E4X, regexp and user >>> input" thread, I tried to mix some XML and a regex to solve my >>> problem, but I didn't get too far, and again, really don't >>know what >>> I'm doing with regular expressions, and I'm not quite a pro at E4X >>> yet. I am getting this error when I try and search on [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> attribute >>> values: >>> >>> "Filter operator not supported on type RegExp." >>> >>> based on this code: >>> >>> var re:RegExp = new RegExp("^" + searchInput.text); var >>> xmlListSearch:XMLList = xml.topics..topic.*.( re.( >>> attribute("title"))); >>> >>> Which is drawing from this XML: >>> >>> <data> >>> <topics> >>> <topic title="Coldplay's New Album" /> >>> <topic title="The Dark Knight" /> >>> <topic title="Arrested Development: The Movie" /> >>> ...etc. >>> >>> Any ideas? Thanks. >>> >>> >>> Jason Merrill >>> Bank of America >>> Enterprise Technology & Global Risk L&LD Instructional Technology & >>> Media >>> >>> Join the Bank of America Flash Platform Developer Community >>> >>> Are you a Bank of America associate interested in >>innovative learning >>> ideas and technologies? >>> Check out our internal GT&O Innovative Learning Blog & subscribe. >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Flashcoders mailing list >>> Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com >>> http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders >>> >>_______________________________________________ >>Flashcoders mailing list >>Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com >>http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders >> _______________________________________________ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
