Try: trace("t3=" + opt.toXmlString());
(I think it's tracing the actual value of each node, which is "") The toXmlString() value is a much bigger help when you're testing/debugging e4x code. -----Original Message----- From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of peter eakle Sent: 01 April 2008 02:21 To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Subject: [flexcoders] Having trouble with e4x and "for each" -- getting empty XML value inside loop Inside the "for each" loop I am getting a value that is empty. Here is a sample program that illustrates the problem: private function xmlTesting() : void { var myXml:XML = new XML("<root><commands> \ <command name='c1' > \ <options> \ <option name='o1'/> \ <option name='o2'/> \ </options> \ </command> \ <command name='c2' > \ <options> \ <option name='o3'/> \ <option name='o4'/> \ <option name='o5' /> \ </options> \ </command> \ </commands> \ </root>"); var myXml2:XMLList = myXml.commands.command.(@name=="c2"); trace("t1=" + myXml2[0].options); trace ("t2=" + myXml2[0].options.option); for each (var opt:XML in myXml2[0].options.option) { trace("t3=" + opt); } } Here is the output I see in the trace window: t1=<options> <option name="o3"/> <option name="o4"/> <option name="o5"/> </options> t2=<option name="o3"/> <option name="o4"/> <option name="o5"/> t3= t3= t3= I don't understand why my value of "opt" in the "for each" loop shows up as empty in the trace (t3). I must be missing something. Any help appreciated. Thanks. ______________________________________________________________________ This communication is from Primal Pictures Ltd., a company registered in England and Wales with registration No. 02622298 and registered office: 4th Floor, Tennyson House, 159-165 Great Portland Street, London, W1W 5PA, UK. VAT registration No. 648874577. This e-mail is confidential and may be privileged. It may be read, copied and used only by the intended recipient. If you have received it in error, please contact the sender immediately by return e-mail or by telephoning +44(0)20 7637 1010. Please then delete the e-mail and do not disclose its contents to any person. This email has been scanned for Primal Pictures by the MessageLabs Email Security System. ______________________________________________________________________