If you have a node, you can count its depth using one of two methods
calling a recursive function or simply doing something like this:
var p:XML = myNode;
var depth:uint = 0;
while (p.parent() != undefined)
{
depth++;
p = p.parent();
}
// depth here would be the number of parent.
if you only want to count parents where parent().name() == "person" then change
the while statement to read:
while ((p.parent() != undefined) && (p.parent().name() == "person"))
{
depth++;
p = p.parent();
}
----- Original Message -----
From: "Theodore Lehr" <ted_l...@federal.dell.com>
To: "Flash Coders List" <flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com>
Sent: Monday, March 22, 2010 12:27:50 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern
Subject: [Flashcoders] xml: counting parents
I am still trying to find a way to see where a child is within the xml - on
what level... is it possible to count a nodes parents?
So if I had:
<person att="1">
<person att="2">
<person att="3"/>
<person att="4"/>
</person>
</person>
1 would return that it has 0 parents, 2 would say it has 1 parent, 3 & 4 would
say they have 2 parents....
hope that makes sense....
Ted
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