Google for something called E4XParser.as. I think I found it on Adobe, but I'm not 100% certain. It allows you to debug your e4x at runtime. Very useful.
--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "xhanin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi, > > I find the E4X expression language very powerful, and would like to > leverage it to find elements in an xml document. > > The problem is that I get the E4X expression at runtime, so I'm > looking for a way to dynamically invoke the E4X expression. > > Something like: > ------------------------------ > var myXML:XML = > <order> > <item id='1'> > <menuName>burger</menuName> > <price>3.95</price> > </item> > <item id='2'> > <menuName>fries</menuName> > <price>1.45</price> > </item> > </order>; > var expression:String = "item.(@id==2).menuName"; > > myXML.<something here?>(expression); > ------------------------------ > > I first look for an eval function as in javascript, but found that AS3 > does not provide such function any more. > > - Xavier >
