Thanks Tracy, Thats exactly what I ended up doing, 1. Clone the original collection 2. get XMLList of the nodes that I dont want 3. Delete them
-sxm --- In [email protected], "Tracy Spratt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 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: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Shailesh Mangal > Sent: Wednesday, January 24, 2007 8:13 PM > To: [email protected] > 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 >
