How do I match against an attribute that has a hyphen in its name? 
For example, suppose I have the following actionscript:

private var books:XML;            
public function XMLListExample() {
  books =    
  <books>
     <book book-id="1" name="Design Patterns" />
     <book book-id="1" name="The Pragmatic Programmer" />
     <book book-id="1" name="Test Driven Development" />
     <book book-id="4" name="Refactoring to Patterns" />
     <book book-id="5" name="The Cathedral & the Bazaar" />
     <book book-id="6" name="Unit Test Frameworks" />
  </books>;

   showBooksById("1");
}

private function showBooksById(id:String):void {
   var results:XMLList = books.book.(@book-id == id);
   showList(results);
}
     
private function showList(list:XMLList):void {
   var item:XML;
   for each(item in list) {
      trace("item: " + item.toXMLString());
   }
}  

And I want to match on the node that has a book-id of 1.  The
following does not work:

   var results:XMLList = books.book.(@book-id == id);

This results in a "ReferenceError: Error #1065: Variable @book is not
defined." and thinks this is a subtraction operation.

Also, using brackets doesn't work as well:

  var results:XMLList = books.book.(["@book-id"] == id);

Thanks in advance!

- Quinn













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