Argh..now I'm having difficulty using this variable in an e4x filtering expression.
here was my old code that worked fine with a named value var myXMLList:XMLList = xl.(EmployeeId == _selectedRowID); Now, I know that I can use the variable name to refer to an XML node like so: myXMLList[id] // returns <EmployeeID> id is my variable name But when I try to use the variable name id in this filtering expression, it is not working. I've tried: var myXMLList:XMLList = xl.([id] ==_selectedRowID); and var myXMLList:XMLList = xl([id] ==_selectedRowID); //error - thinks it's a method call So how do you filter e4x using a variable name? Thanks --- In [email protected], "guitarguy555" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Thanks guys! That's exactly what I needed. > > Cheers > > --- In [email protected], "vardpenguin" <martine@> wrote: > > > > > > once you've nagivated to the node you're wanting to look at you can > > use name().localName: > > > > once example might be: > > var nodeName : String = XML(books.book[0]).name().localName; > > > > > > > > > > --- In [email protected], "guitarguy555" <djohnson29@> > wrote: > > > > > > I have a component that has a datagrid that is bound to an > XMLList. > > > > > > I want to be able to extract the ID column of the grid but not > > > specifically hardcode the name of the XML node inside the > component's > > > code. Sometimes this ID node value will be named differently. > > > > > > eg. <EmployeeID>, or <ManagerID> > > > > > > I can parse an XMLList to get the value of the ID like so: > > > > > > row = myXMLList[0]; > > > var ID:String = myXMLList.(EmployeeID == _selectedRowID)); > > > > > > But instead of specifically naming "EmployeeID" inside the > component, > > > I would like to use a variable name here. > > > > > > What is the e4x syntax to extract a node name instead of it's > > > contents? > > > > > >
