>>>>> Also this is shorter:
>>>>> var xmlListSearch:XMLList = test..topic.(re.test(@title));
>>If we don't know anything about the XML we could do something like:
>>
>>var xmlListSearch:XMLList =
>>test..*.(re["test"](attribute("*")) || re["test"](child("*")));
Kenneth - no, what I mean is, your examples aren't pointing to any XML
instance at all (that I could see anyway, maybe you could point it out),
so how in the world can the AVM know what you're referring to in order
to search though and make an XMLList from?
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>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf
>>Of Kenneth Kawamoto
>>Sent: Saturday, July 19, 2008 6:19 AM
>>To: Flash Coders List
>>Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] E4X filtering strange behaviour
>>
>>The code was based on your example and therefore we know the
>>XML schema, i.e. we know the node name and they all have the
>>attribute "title".
>>
>>If we don't know anything about the XML we could do something like:
>>
>>var xmlListSearch:XMLList =
>>test..*.(re["test"](attribute("*")) || re["test"](child("*")));
>>
>>Kenneth Kawamoto
>>http://www.materiaprima.co.uk/
>>
>>Merrill, Jason wrote:
>>> Thanks. However, I have been told using @title is not good in most
>>> situations because it will return an error if a node
>>doesn't have the
>>> attribute, wheras attribute("title") will not.
>>>
>>>>> Also this is shorter:
>>>>> var xmlListSearch:XMLList = test..topic.(re.test(@title));
>>>
>>> But you still need to specify what XML to search through, no? How
>>> would the above know what XML object topic is within using
>>the code above?
>>>
>>> Jason Merrill
>>>
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