Re: [Flashcoders] E4X question: finding parent

[Glen Pike]

@name - will that cause problems because "name" is a property of XML nodes?

if it is maybe try attribute("name") instead?

On 05/05/2011 16:53, Kenneth Kawamoto wrote:

var xml:XML = <root>
<pets group="A">
<pet name="Rover"/>
<pet name="Buffy"/>
</pets>
<pets group="B">
<pet name="Spot"/>
<pet name="Sugar"/>
</pets>
</root>;

trace(xml.pets.pet.(@name == "Sugar").parent().@group);

// B

Perhaps you don't want to call your XML "pets" as it's a node name as well.

Kenneth Kawamoto
http://www.materiaprima.co.uk/

On 05/05/2011 16:32, Mendelsohn, Michael wrote:

Hi list...

I'm trying to find some xml's parent attribute.

I have<pet name="Sugar"/>  and I want to find "B".

var pets:XML =<pets group="A">
<pet name="Rover"/>
<pet name="Buffy"/>
</pets>
<pets group="B">
<pet name="Spot"/>
<pet name="Sugar"/>
</pets>;

I can't seem to find it.  Anyone know how?

Thanks,
- Michael M.

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