Indeed, the "g" seems to make it not work. Not a big problem, since it's useless in this case - the "g" flag in a test() call makes the search start at a specified index (lastIndex property) What may have confused you, Jason, is the example Robert posted fixed your problem (by removing the "^" character from the regexp - the "^" when the first character on a regexp means "match at the start of the line"), and also added the "g" flag, which is not quite what you wanted. So just drop it and it will work ;)
Side note: I really hate the re["test"](...) kind of syntax, so here goes my suggestion: (re as RegExp).test(...) On Mon, Jul 21, 2008 at 5:40 PM, Kenneth Kawamoto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I don't think you need "g" (Global flag) for this. > > Kenneth Kawamoto > http://www.materiaprima.co.uk/ > > Merrill, Jason wrote: > >> Wait, think I got it: >> >> var re:RegExp = new RegExp(searchInput.text, "g,i"); >> >> var xmlListSearch:XMLList = testXML..*.( re["test"]( >> attribute("title"))); >> >> trace("result: "+xmlListSearch.toString()); >> >> seems to work for me. Thanks eveyrone! >> >> 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 Robert Leisle >>>> Sent: Monday, July 21, 2008 3:54 PM >>>> To: 'Flash Coders List' >>>> Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] E4X filtering strange behaviour >>>> >>>> Hi Jason, >>>> >>>> This works for me: >>>> var testXML:XML = <data> >>>> <topics> >>>> <topic title="Coldplays New Album" /> >>>> <topic title="The Dark Knight" /> >>>> <topic title="Arrested Development: The >>>> Movie" /> >>>> </topics> >>>> </data>; >>>> >>>> var re:RegExp = new RegExp(searchInput.text, "g"); var >>>> xmlListSearch:XMLList = testXML.topics.topic.(re["test"](@title)); >>>> trace("result: "+xmlListSearch.toXMLString()); >>>> >>>> Hth, >>>> Bob >>>> >>>> -----Original Message----- >>>> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>>> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of >>>> Merrill, Jason >>>> Sent: Monday, July 21, 2008 12:27 PM >>>> To: Flash Coders List >>>> Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] E4X filtering strange behaviour >>>> >>>> OK, so this is almost there, but not quite. If I do as Kenneth >>>> suggested (and this should be able to be reproduced), >>>> var testXML:XML = <data> >>>> <topics> >>>> <topic title="Coldplays New Album" /> >>>> <topic title="The Dark Knight" /> >>>> <topic title="Arrested Development: The >>>> Movie" /> >>>> </topics> >>>> </data>; >>>> >>>> var re:RegExp = new RegExp("^"+searchInput.text); var >>>> xmlListSearch:XMLList = testXML.topics.topic.(re["test"](@title)); >>>> trace("result: "+xmlListSearch.toXMLString()); >>>> >>>> (Assuming there is a TextInput text field on the stage and a function >>>> run when a button is clicked to run the regex search), if I enter the >>>> search >>>> term, "The", it only returns the second node containing "The Dark Knight", >>>> not the third topic node, which has a "The" in it's title attribute as >>>> well. >>>> If I put "Dark", it doesn't return anything. So it seems it's only >>>> searching nodes where the search term is the first item. >>>> How can I modify the regular expression above to find all nodes >>>> containing an element of the search term? >>>> >>> _______________________________________________ > 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
