--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "Tracy Spratt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > You do not need to loop to delete a node. Use an e4x expression to > locae the node, then use the delete statement to delete it. Two things > complicate this. > > > > On is that it is not always obvious how to write the expession to locate > the node. I use variable and trace to make sure I am finding the > correct nde: > > var xmlToDelete:XML = xml.(item == 'Chicken')[0]; //all e4x > expressions retun XMLList, so the [0] is required to return XML > > trace(xmlToDelete.toXMLString()); //should return the chicken node. > > > > The second issue is that you cannot use a reference to a node to delete. > So you *cannot* do: > > delete xmlToDelete; > > The above will produce an error. So use the var and trace > toXMLString() technique to build the espression, but use it directly in > the delete: > > delete xml.(item == 'Chicken')[0]; > > > > I do not think you can delete and XMLList directly, but must delete XML. > The docs are not clear on this and I have not tested recently.
I had a similar situation last week, and the expression I used was similar to delete xml.items.item.(text()=='Chicken'); http://flexdiary.blogspot.com/2008/03/comparing-xml-nodes-of-same- name-with.html HTH; Amy
