parsing XML from XML string for actionscript 3

Question

I am trying to parse out the nodeName but nothing was return, what is wrong with my script?

import flash.xml.XMLDocument;
import flash.xml.XMLNode;
import flash.xml.XMLNodeType;

var MaintainXML:XML = 
<letter><to>senocular</to><body>Get a life</body></letter>;

trace("status"+MaintainXML.status); // traces "0" (No error)
trace("nodeName" + MaintainXML.firstChild.nodeName); // traces "letter"
trace("nodeName" + MaintainXML.firstChild.firstChild.nodeName); // traces "to"
trace("nodeValue"+MaintainXML.firstChild.firstChild.firstChild.nodeValue); // traces

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– NanoHead, Commented Dec 21, 2010 at 19:40

weltraumpirat · Accepted Answer · 2010-12-21 18:10:51Z

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You are trying to use methods or properties on your XML that are not existent: Neither status, nor firstChild, nor nodeName are available for the XML Object. Flash will interpret those calls as a search query, so it looks for child nodes with the name "status", resp. "firstChild" as in

<root>
   <status />
    <firstChild />
</root>

and returns an empty XMLList, because of course it cannot find such nodes.

Also, your MaintainXMLs root node is <letter>, so the first child would be <to>.

Try this:

var MaintainXML : XML = <letter><to>senocular</to><body>Get a life</body></letter>;

trace( "nodeName:" + MaintainXML.to.name() ); // traces "to"
trace( "nodeValue:" + MaintainXML.to.toString() ); // traces "senocular"

answered Dec 21, 2010 at 18:10

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