How to retrieve the index of an XML element with a specific attribute in AS3?

Question

Does anyone know if there is a way to retrieve the index of an XML child element with a specific a attribute in ActionScript?

Say...

foo.child.@attribute //index of

I tried using the method like this:

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but it returns -1.

Art · Accepted Answer · 2012-05-11 07:38:58Z

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Using hasOwnProperty method works for me:

foo.child.(hasOwnProperty("@attribute")).childIndex()

But if element with @attribute is not unique, then the right code is:

foo.child.(hasOwnProperty("@attribute"))[0].childIndex()

answered May 11, 2012 at 7:38

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