Re: [Flashcoders] E4X, it's STILL just not my day.
the following works fine for me: var artData:XML = art bios artistBio f=Victor s=Pasmoreblah blah/artistBio artistBio f=Stephen s=Pentakmore blah blah/artistBio /bios /art; var lastName:String = Pentak; var firstName:String = Stephen; var allBios:XMLList = artData.bios..artistBio; var thisone:XMLList = allBios.((@s==lastName)(@f==firstName)); trace(thisone.toXMLString()); - Original Message - From: Mendelsohn, Michael michael.mendels...@fmglobal.com To: Flash Coders List flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Sent: Wednesday, February 17, 2010 10:26 PM Subject: [Flashcoders] E4X, it's STILL just not my day. Hi list... Why can't I get to the node I want to here: art bios artistBio f=Victor s=Pasmoreblah blah/artistBio artistBio f=Stephen s=Pentakmore blah blah/artistBio /bios /art var artData:XML represents the above correctly. var lastName:String = Pentak; var firstName:String = Stephen; // successfully lists out all the artistBio tags var allBios:XMLList = artData.bios..artistBio; // thisone is null...why?? Aren't I filtering it correctly? var thisone:XMLList = artData.bios..artistBio.((@s==lastName)(@f==firstName)); Thanks, perplexed, E4x shouldn't be this weird... - Michael M. ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
RE: [Flashcoders] E4X, it's STILL just not my day.
Thanks for the replies, everyone. I really have no idea how the solutions that everyone has responded with have worked when testing on your machine, but not here. It's odd. The statement isn't anything complicated. I ended up using a for loop to iterate through and find the node I need. That's my band aid solution, but the larger picture is that I am stumped how an E4x statement isn't working in this project. Case closed for now I suppose. - MM ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
RE: [Flashcoders] E4X, it's STILL just not my day.
((@s==lastName)(@f==firstName)); Seems to me the extra parentheses are not necessary, this works for me: (@s==lastName @f==firstName); Just say'n. Is there a technical reason for the extra parentheses or just coding style? Seems it evaluates the same either way in this case. I can see if there were something more complex inside the parentheses maybe it would be necessary... just curious. Jason Merrill Bank of America Global Learning Learning Performance Solutions Join the Bank of America Flash Platform Community and visit our Instructional Technology Design Blog (note: these are for Bank of America employees only) ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
RE: [Flashcoders] E4X, it's STILL just not my day.
just curious. That's just my coding style, nothing more. Every line of E4X I've written within this flp has acted funny. I just don't get it, because I've written other more complex E4X statements, even with RegEx involved, that haven't given my any issues. It's almost like it's the parser or something. - MM ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
RE: [Flashcoders] E4X, it's STILL just not my day.
It's almost like it's the parser or something. Well, it seems what you're posting is an abstraction of the real code and/or the real XML in your project (and good for you - too many [I won't name names] post unnecessary code too often here)- so there must be some difference in your actual code or actual XML which is causing the issue. I would investigate that. If you try the code we posted which works, and it works for you, then you'll see it's not anything funky like that. Have you tried just the code samples we posted? They should work fine. Jason Merrill Bank of America Global Learning Learning Performance Solutions Join the Bank of America Flash Platform Community and visit our Instructional Technology Design Blog (note: these are for Bank of America employees only) ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
[Flashcoders] E4X, it's STILL just not my day.
Hi list... Why can't I get to the node I want to here: art bios artistBio f=Victor s=Pasmoreblah blah/artistBio artistBio f=Stephen s=Pentakmore blah blah/artistBio /bios /art var artData:XML represents the above correctly. var lastName:String = Pentak; var firstName:String = Stephen; // successfully lists out all the artistBio tags var allBios:XMLList = artData.bios..artistBio; // thisone is null...why?? Aren't I filtering it correctly? var thisone:XMLList = artData.bios..artistBio.((@s==lastName)(@f==firstName)); Thanks, perplexed, E4x shouldn't be this weird... - Michael M. ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
RE: [Flashcoders] E4X, it's STILL just not my day.
I think you have overcomplicated it a little. This works for me: var artData:XML = new XML(art bios artistBio f=Victor s=Pasmoreblah blah/artistBio artistBio f=Stephen s=Pentakmore blah blah/artistBio /bios /art); var lastName:String = Pentak; var firstName:String = Stephen; var resultList:XMLList = artData.bios.artistBio.(@s==lastName @f==firstName); trace(resultList); //traces more blah blah as expected. Jason Merrill Bank of America Global Learning Learning Performance Solutions Join the Bank of America Flash Platform Community and visit our Instructional Technology Design Blog (note: these are for Bank of America employees only) -Original Message- From: flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com [mailto:flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com] On Behalf Of Mendelsohn, Michael Sent: Wednesday, February 17, 2010 4:27 PM To: Flash Coders List Subject: [Flashcoders] E4X, it's STILL just not my day. Hi list... Why can't I get to the node I want to here: art bios artistBio f=Victor s=Pasmoreblah blah/artistBio artistBio f=Stephen s=Pentakmore blah blah/artistBio /bios /art var artData:XML represents the above correctly. var lastName:String = Pentak; var firstName:String = Stephen; // successfully lists out all the artistBio tags var allBios:XMLList = artData.bios..artistBio; // thisone is null...why?? Aren't I filtering it correctly? var thisone:XMLList = artData.bios..artistBio.((@s==lastName)(@f==firstName)); Thanks, perplexed, E4x shouldn't be this weird... - Michael M. ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] E4X, it's STILL just not my day.
If you hardcode the strings does it work? I had a similar problem at work - not able to look now - but I found that casting in the test may help: e.g. artData.bios..artistBio.((@s==String(lastName))(@f==String(firstName))) Mendelsohn, Michael wrote: Hi list... Why can't I get to the node I want to here: art bios artistBio f=Victor s=Pasmoreblah blah/artistBio artistBio f=Stephen s=Pentakmore blah blah/artistBio /bios /art var artData:XML represents the above correctly. var lastName:String = Pentak; var firstName:String = Stephen; // successfully lists out all the artistBio tags var allBios:XMLList = artData.bios..artistBio; // thisone is null...why?? Aren't I filtering it correctly? var thisone:XMLList = artData.bios..artistBio.((@s==lastName)(@f==firstName)); Thanks, perplexed, E4x shouldn't be this weird... - Michael M. ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders -- Glen Pike 01326 218440 www.glenpike.co.uk http://www.glenpike.co.uk ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
