That is a tough one. It is more of a transformation than a selection.
If you can't do it directly, consider using the selection expression to return the nodes you do NOT want, then deleting them from the XML. Tracy ________________________________ From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Shailesh Mangal Sent: Wednesday, January 24, 2007 8:13 PM To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Subject: [flexcoders] e4x - attribute based selector All, I have a following xml structure retrieved from server <root> <parent name="good"> <child name="abc"/> <child name="cba"/> <child name="abc"/> </parent> <parent name="notGood"> <child name="abc"/> <child name="def"/> <child name="fed"/> </parent> </root> and I want to make a selection based on the attribute of child. e.g. for child with name "abc", get a result as.. <root> <parent name="good"> <child name="abc"/> <child name="abc"/> </parent> <parent name="notGood"> <child name="abc"/> </parent> </root> I tried following, result..child.(@name=="abc") result.root.parent.child.(@name=="abc") but I end up getting following <child name="abc"> <child name="abc"> <child name="abc"> Any suggestions? sxm
