I was just doing something similar and found help here: http://livedocs.adobe.com/flex/3/html/help.html?content=13_Working_with_XML_08.html
probably best you read through there and find the solution that is specific for you. Let us know if you still need help after reviewing that. ~Mike --- In [email protected], "flexcoder2008" <djohnso...@...> wrote: > > I have an XML structure that gets built dynamically. Nodes are constructed > with a number appending the node name and the number of these nodes depends > on values in a database. The structure looks like this: > > <RootNode> > <Item1 /> > <Item2 /> > <Item3 /> > > etc... > > > Now I want to access a particular node using a variable. > > For example: > > var i:int = 2; > myXML.RootNode.Item{i} > > but this is not working. How can I create an E4x expression that appends a > variable value onto a node name in the filter expression? >

