I actually found the answer a few minutes later :P
This will work:
var results:XMLList = books.book.(@["book-id"] == id);
Thanks,
Quinn
--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "quinnwong74" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> How do I match against an attribute that has a hyphen in its name?
> For example, suppose I have the following actionscript:
>
> private var books:XML;
> public function XMLListExample() {
> books =
> <books>
> <book book-id="1" name="Design Patterns" />
> <book book-id="1" name="The Pragmatic Programmer" />
> <book book-id="1" name="Test Driven Development" />
> <book book-id="4" name="Refactoring to Patterns" />
> <book book-id="5" name="The Cathedral & the Bazaar" />
> <book book-id="6" name="Unit Test Frameworks" />
> </books>;
>
> showBooksById("1");
> }
>
> private function showBooksById(id:String):void {
> var results:XMLList = books.book.(@book-id == id);
> showList(results);
> }
>
> private function showList(list:XMLList):void {
> var item:XML;
> for each(item in list) {
> trace("item: " + item.toXMLString());
> }
> }
>
> And I want to match on the node that has a book-id of 1. The
> following does not work:
>
> var results:XMLList = books.book.(@book-id == id);
>
> This results in a "ReferenceError: Error #1065: Variable @book is not
> defined." and thinks this is a subtraction operation.
>
> Also, using brackets doesn't work as well:
>
> var results:XMLList = books.book.(["@book-id"] == id);
>
> Thanks in advance!
>
> - Quinn
>
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