How about having the nodes be more descriptive? <director name="Ted" <deputy name="Bob"> ... </deputy> </director>
Then use those node names On Mon, Mar 22, 2010 at 1:33 PM, Lehr, Theodore <ted_l...@federal.dell.com>wrote: > Perhaps I do have a bigger issue (actually, I have LOTS of issues ;-), but > the reason I need to know the depth is my thought was to use that as a means > of assisting in layout.... for example, say you have the follwing xml: > > <person name="Ted" title="director of the world"> > <person name="Bob" title="deputy director of the world"> > <person name="Jim" title="Manager - North America"> > <person name="Sampson" title="Lead - Western States"/> > <person name="Sophia" title="Lead - Eastern States"/> > </person> > <person name="Sally" title="Manager - South America"/> > <person name="Sarah" title="Manager - Africa"/> > </person> > </person> > > And you used this to create an organizational flow chart... my thought was > to use the depth to figure out where the names should go... I have thought > about how to do this 12,002 ways so my head is getting muddled.... > > ________________________________________ > From: flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com [ > flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com] On Behalf Of Steven Sacks [ > flash...@stevensacks.net] > Sent: Monday, March 22, 2010 1:15 PM > To: Flash Coders List > Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] xml: counting parents > > I think you mean ancestors. A node can only have one parent. Parents can > have > many children. > > I think you have a bigger issue, though. Why do you need to know the depth > of an > xml node? I can't think of a single example that I would need that > information. > > > On 3/22/2010 9:27 AM, Lehr, Theodore wrote: > > 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 > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 > -- http://ericd.net Interactive design and development _______________________________________________ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
