Your description is fairly vague, but I think something along these lines is what you're asking for:
var numUSA:int = xmlData..country.(@name == "USA").length; and/or var numUSACurrentMonth:int = xmlData..country.(@name == "USA" && @month == "August").length; The @ implies that the values to filter on are attributes. If your data needs to filter on child nodes simply remove the @. HTH, Ben --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "thomas.vachon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi all, > > New to the group, Flex, and AS. I was wondering how i can iterate through a XML file > imported via HTTPService and count the occurances of countries, in thie case. So how many > times USA shows up verus Canada. However, I need to knwo people register this month, so it > would need to be able to basically make two arrays, one for previous to current month, and > one with current month only. > > Thanks > Tom >