i performed a similar operation by doing:
rootXML.group.(name.text().toLowerCase()=="fred"&&name.text().toLowerCase()=="bob")
the toLowerCase is just because i needed case insensitivity...
--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "Daniel Freiman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> try this:
>
> rootXML.group.(name.text().contains("fred") &&
name.text().contains("bob"))
>
> - Daniel Freiman
>
> On Mon, Sep 22, 2008 at 5:20 AM, Mark Carter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> >
> > Ok, that subject is a bit vague but here's an example of what I mean:
> >
> > <group id="1">
> > <name>fred</name>
> > <name>bob</name>
> > <name>peter</name>
> > </group>
> >
> > Say we have lots of these group elements in an XML document. I want to
> > select all groups including the names "fred" and "bob", for
example. Is it
> > possible in one e4x expression?
> >
> > My guess would be: rootXML.group.name.(text() ==
> > "fred").parent().name.(text() == "bob").parent()
> >
> > but the parent() part seems to be wrong.
> >
> > Any ideas???
> >
> > On a slightly different note...
> >
> > I notice that rootXML.group.(name == "fred") will only work for a
group
> > containing fred and nothing else. Using rootXML.group.name.(text() ==
> > "fred") sort of gives me what I want, but I really want the parent()
> > elements. Of course, I could iterate over the results but I really
want to
> > do this in one expression.
> > --
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> >
http://www.nabble.com/e4x-problem---filtering-elements-based-on-multiple-child-conditions-tp19604364p19604364.html
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> >
> >
> >
>
