Ignoring whitespace isn't a good option, because my server-side program doesn't ignore whitespace.
The script you wrote causes a parse error, because the script itself is in a CDATA section. --- In [email protected], "Daniel Freiman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Look at XML.ignoreWhitespace ( > http://livedocs.adobe.com/flex/201/langref/XML.html). > > Also, would think you would be able to create a cdata node by doing > something like this: > var cdata:XML = new XML("<![CDATA[" + s + "]]>"); > > - Dan Freiman > > On 9/7/07, discoguy77 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Hello, > > I am saving some text from a string into a XML element. > > For example: > > > > var s:String = "Hello "; > > var xml:XML = <root>{s}</root>; > > > > I would like the following to happen: > > trace(xml); // prints "Hello " (without quotes) > > > > Unfortunately, E4X trims the whitespace. I would like my XML object > > to be <root><![CDATA[{s}]]></root> so that the space (maybe?) > > wouldn't be trimmed, but I cannot use a CDATA block since it occurs > > inside a <mx:Script><![CDATA[ ... ]]></mx:Script> already. > > > > Is there a way to add a CDATA block to an E4X XML object? > > > > P.S. As a workaround, I can escape() the string before adding it, > > and unescape() afterwards, but this seems ugly and loses the human- > > readability. > > > > > > >
