Sounds like a job for recursion. Here's a tutorial I found: http://www.cs.umd.edu/class/spring2002/cmsc214/Tutorial/recursion.html I don't recommend the wikipedia page for recursion since it's very dense and isn't designed to teach the basic concept.
-jonathan On Sun, Sep 7, 2008 at 11:52 AM, Patrick J. Jankun <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello Everyone, > > I run into a problem, something that probably a lot of people here knows > how to solve. > But after sitting for 2 days building nestes for loops, i can't see the > light by the end of the tunnel :-) > > So, here is a problem: > > I have to build an xml based navigation, so far, quite simple and clear. > Made it already a few times, > but, now, this is a bit more complicated, because i got a much deeper > nested sub levels, and i really > don't know how to efficient traverse the document and build the navigation > out of it :| > > The most complex navigation i made had 2 levels, so it wasn't really hard > to imagine the code for this task: > 2 for loops done the nav creation and that's it, but i got now, an > "undefined" deep, and i don't know how to > bite the code that will build the nav, that goes a bit deeper then one-sub > level. > > Do you guys got any examples or thoughts on how to solve the task? > Im pretty sure that i got an logical error in my approach, since i will use > some nested for loops, but i can't > think the "formula" since i don't know how deep each of the nodes goes, and > this task gives me headaches. > > any kind of help and pinpointing to right direction would be VERY > appreciated > > cheers, > Patrick > ------------------------------------------ > fancy skills to pay the bills > www.jankun.org > > Phone: +43 660 96 969 - 01 > web: jankun.org > mail: p[at]jankun.org > > _______________________________________________ > Flashcoders mailing list > [email protected] > http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders > -- -jonathan howe :: 404.434.2321 :: 180 High St Apt 26 Portland, ME 04101 _______________________________________________ Flashcoders mailing list [email protected] http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
