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jiggy1965
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May 9, 2013
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How to access different xml tags?

  • May 9, 2013
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This is my xml file:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<personagequotes>
<personage>
<quote>Hallo daar</quote>
<quote>Hier ben ik</quote>
</personage>
<personage>
<quote>Tjonge jonge</quote>
<quote>Nog een uitspraak</quote>
</personage>
</personagequotes>

I'm using this AS code to read it's content and placing clips on the stage containing the quotes of the first 'personage' tag:

var personagequotes_XML:XML;
var xmlLoader:URLLoader = new URLLoader();
xmlLoader.load(new URLRequest("quotes.xml"));
xmlLoader.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, xmlLoaded);
xmlLoader.addEventListener(IOErrorEvent.IO_ERROR, errorHandler);
function errorHandler(event:IOErrorEvent):void
{
          trace("XML loading error: " + event);
}
function xmlLoaded(event:Event):void
{
          trace("loaded");
          personagequotes_XML = new XML(xmlLoader.data);
          var quoteNumbers:Number = personagequotes_XML.personage[0].quote.length();
          for (var i = 0; i < quoteNumbers; i++)
          {
                    var MyInstance:quoteclip = new quoteclip();
                    var quote:String = personagequotes_XML.personage[0].quote;
                    MyInstance.quotetext.text = quote;
                    addChild(MyInstance);
                    MyInstance.x=20;
                    MyInstance.y=20+(i*(MyInstance.height+4))
          }
}

Which works ok, but I want to use it on this XML code:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<personagequotes>
<personage1>
<quote>Hallo daar</quote>
<quote>Hier ben ik</quote>
</personage1>
<personage2>
<quote>Tjonge jonge</quote>
<quote>Nog een uitspraak</quote>
</personage2>
</personagequotes>

Each 'personage' is numbered so it is more clear which 'personage' is saying the quotes. How do I alter lines like this:

var quoteNumbers:Number = personagequotes_XML.personage[0].quote.length();

so that it understangs which 'personage' tag (personage1 or personage2) to access?

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1 reply

Ned Murphy
Ned Murphy
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May 9, 2013

Your second version of the xml is not really made to differentiate the way you want to... it does not have a personage tag.   The first version is what you need if you want to be able to pick oout personage[0].  Each different "personage#" tag is unique.

J
jiggy1965Author
Inspiring
May 9, 2013

Yes, I know, but in the XML for clarity I would like to use tags that show which 'personage' is saying the quotes. So here 'personage1' and 'personage2'.

In actionscript I then want to use those tags as if they were strings. Something like this. I know it don't work, but it shows what I'm trying to do:

var personagequotes_XML:XML;
var xmlLoader:URLLoader = new URLLoader();
xmlLoader.load(new URLRequest("quotes.xml"));
xmlLoader.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, xmlLoaded);
xmlLoader.addEventListener(IOErrorEvent.IO_ERROR, errorHandler);
function errorHandler(event:IOErrorEvent):void
{
          trace("XML loading error: " + event);
}
function xmlLoaded(event:Event):void
{
          trace("loaded");
          personagequotes_XML = new XML(xmlLoader.data);
          var whichPersonage:String = "personage" + 1;
          var quoteNumbers:Number = personagequotes_XML.whichPersonage[0].quote.length();
          for (var i = 0; i < quoteNumbers; i++)
          {
                    var MyInstance:quoteclip = new quoteclip();
                    var quote:String = personagequotes_XML.whichPersonage[0].quote;
                    MyInstance.quotetext.text = quote;
                    addChild(MyInstance);
                    MyInstance.x=20;
                    MyInstance.y=20+(i*(MyInstance.height+4))
          }
}

So here I want to read the personage1 tag. So I'm using:

  

       var whichPersonage:String = "personage" + 1;
          var quoteNumbers:Number = personagequotes_XML.whichPersonage[0].quote.length();

which should result this so Flash can read it:

       

   var quoteNumbers:Number = personagequotes_XML.personage1[0].quote.length();

But of course this doesn't work, I know. It needs something to turn this whichPersonage string into the xml object name so it can be targetted in the quoteNumbers line.

Is this possible?

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