find xml node by attribute value(as3)

Question

I use this code in as3 in order to find node with specific id value but it is working for 2 depth

elementsToDraw = elementsList.*.(@id=="hello");

For example at this xml node can be found

<nodes>
 <node id="d">
  <node id="hello">
  </node>
 </node>
</nodes>

but this code get no results at

<nodes>
 <node id="d">
  <node id="d1">
   <node id="hello">
   </node>
  </node>
 </node>
</nodes>

What should I write for searching in any depth element with id="hello"?

How about writing a recursive function that looks for attributes in descendants too ? — George Profenza
– George Profenza, Commented Nov 10, 2011 at 21:33

Patrick · Accepted Answer · 2011-11-10 22:20:09Z

3

Why not use .. notation to search for all node :

var elementsList:XML=<nodes>
 <node id="d">
   <node id="hello"/>
   <node id="d1">
   <node id="hello">
   </node>
  </node>
 </node>
</nodes>;

var xl:XMLList=elementsList..*.(@id=="hello");

trace(xl.toXMLString());

answered Nov 10, 2011 at 22:20

Patrick

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