Getting inside others XML nodes programmatically, based on a single known node

[baianomauricioct]

Hi guys, I have an array being generated with numbers from an XML file. Then I have the function 'maxF' that returns the maximum number inside that array. I need to get programaticaly other nodes inside the same XML file [where all these numbers are coming from] to print the date [which is a node on top of the number node]. Does anyone out there can please help me do that?

Thank you very much

          var a:Array = [];
          for (var i = 1; i<=15; i++) {
               var RootNode = getXml.firstChild;
               eval("price"+i).htmlText = "<p class='price'>"+RootNode.childNodes.childNodes[4].childNodes[2].firstChild+"</p>";
               eval("price"+i+15).htmlText = "<p class='price'>"+RootNode.childNodes[i+15].childNodes[4].childNodes[2].firstChild+"</p>";
               //trace(stripF(RootNode.childNodes[i+15].childNodes[4].childNodes[2].firstChild.nodeValue));
               a.push(Number(stripF(tl["price"+i].text)));
               a.push(Number(stripF(tl["price"+i+15].text)));
          }
          lowestup.htmlText = "<p class='lowprice'>"+maxF(a)+"</p>";
          lowestPeriodTitle.htmlText = "<p class='regular' align='center'>OPTIMAL VALUES IDENTIFIED:</p>";
     

function maxF(a:Array):Number {      var max:Number = a[0];      for (var i:Number = 1; i>a.length; i++) {           if (a>min) {                max = a;           } else {                //trace("buahMin!");           }      }      return max; } function stripF(s:String):String {      return s.split(" ").join("").split("\n").join("").split("\r").join(""); }

[kglad]

your code is unreadable and there's no code showing the xml file's structure.

[baianomauricioct]

This is the actionscript:

//creating txtfield var tl:MovieClip = this; //var colnum:Number = 2; var txtX:Number = -100; var txtY:Number = -65; var txtWdth = 50; var txtHgt = 16; for (var i = 1; i<=15; i++) {      tl.createTextField("day"+i,tl.getNextHighestDepth(),txtX,txtY,txtWdth,txtHgt);      tl.createTextField("price"+i,tl.getNextHighestDepth(),txtX+47,txtY,txtWdth,txtHgt);      tl.createTextField("day"+i+15,tl.getNextHighestDepth(),txtX+115,txtY,txtWdth,txtHgt);      tl.createTextField("price"+i+15,tl.getNextHighestDepth(),txtX+163,txtY,txtWdth,txtHgt);      tl["day"+i].html = true;      tl["price"+i].html = true;      tl["day"+i+15].html = true;      tl["price"+i+15].html = true;      txtY += 17; } tl.createTextField("day6",tl.getNextHighestDepth(),txtX,20,txtWdth,txtHgt); tl.createTextField("price2",tl.getNextHighestDepth(),txtX+47,-48,txtWdth,txtHgt); tl.createTextField("lowestPeriodTitle",tl.getNextHighestDepth(),-98,-150,235,55); tl.createTextField("lowestup",tl.getNextHighestDepth(),-90,-135,150,30); tl.createTextField("lowestdown",tl.getNextHighestDepth(),-90,-115,150,30); tl.createTextField("moeda",tl.getNextHighestDepth(),-90,-65,100,16); tl.createTextField("currencyName",tl.getNextHighestDepth(),40,-200,100,16); tl.createTextField("currencyDate",tl.getNextHighestDepth(),40,-190,100,60); tl.createTextField("currentPrice",20,-90,-205,235,55); currencyName.html = true; currencyDate.html = true; currencyDate.multiline = true; currentPrice.html = true; resultsField.html = true; lowestup.html = true; lowestdown.html = true; lowestPeriodTitle.html = true;

//CSS Handler var getXml = new XML(); var stylish = new TextField.StyleSheet(); stylish.load("coreasset/currency.css"); stylish.onLoad = function(success:Boolean) {      if (success) {           //trace("cssLoaded!");           for (var i = 1; i<=15; i++) {                tl["price"+i].styleSheet = stylish;                tl["day"+i].styleSheet = stylish;                tl["price"+i+15].styleSheet = stylish;                tl["day"+i+15].styleSheet = stylish;           }           tl.lowestPeriodTitle.styleSheet = stylish;           tl.lowestup.styleSheet = stylish;           tl.lowestdown.styleSheet = stylish;           tl.moeda.styleSheet = stylish;           tl.currencyName.styleSheet = stylish;           tl.currencyDate.styleSheet = stylish;           tl.currentPrice.styleSheet = stylish;           getXml.load("coreasset/eur.xml");      } }; getXml.ignoreWhite = true; //loading XML into Dinamic fields getXml.onLoad = function(success) {      if (success) {           var a:Array = [];           for (var i = 1; i<=15; i++) {                var RootNode = getXml.firstChild;                var currency = "<p class='headsup'>"+RootNode.childNodes[i+16].childNodes[1].firstChild+"</p>";                var currencyusd = "<p class='headsup'>"+RootNode.childNodes[i+16].childNodes[0].firstChild+"</p>";                eval("day"+i).htmlText = "<p class='date'>"+RootNode.childNodes.childNodes[4].firstChild.firstChild+". &#9830;</p>";                eval("price"+i).htmlText = "<p class='price'>"+RootNode.childNodes.childNodes[4].childNodes[2].firstChild+"</p>";                eval("day"+i+15).htmlText = "<p class='date'>"+RootNode.childNodes[i+15].childNodes[4].firstChild.firstChild+". &#9830;</p>";                eval("price"+i+15).htmlText = "<p class='price'>"+RootNode.childNodes[i+15].childNodes[4].childNodes[2].firstChild+"</p>";                currentPrice.htmlText = "<p class='bigPrice'>"+RootNode.childNodes[i+16].childNodes[4].childNodes[2].firstChild+"</p>";                currencyName.htmlText = "<p class='currencyName'><b>"+currencyusd+currency+"</b></p>";                currencyDate.htmlText = "<a class='headsup'>Fictitious date:<br>"+RootNode.childNodes[i+16].childNodes[4].firstChild.firstChild+". 2010</a>";                //trace(RootNode.firstChild.childNodes[4].childNodes[1].firstChild);                //trace(stripF(RootNode.childNodes[i+15].childNodes[4].childNodes[2].firstChild.nodeValue));                a.push(Number(stripF(tl["price"+i].text)));                a.push(Number(stripF(tl["price"+i+15].text)));           }           lowestup.htmlText = "<p class='lowprice'>"+maxF(a)+"</p>";           lowestdown.htmlText = "<p class='lowprice'>"+minF(a)+"</p>";           lowestPeriodTitle.htmlText = "<p class='regular' align='center'>OPTIMAL VALUES IDENTIFIED:</p>";      } else {           trace("buahCol!");      } }; function minF(a:Array):Number {      var min:Number = a[0];      for (var i:Number = 1; i<a.length; i++) {           if (a<min) {                min = a;           } else {                //trace("buahMin!");           }      }      return min; } function maxF(a:Array):Number {      var max:Number = a[0];      for (var i:Number = 1; i>a.length; i++) {           if (a>max) {                max = a;           } else {                //trace("buahMin!");           }      }      return max;      trace(a); } function stripF(s:String):String {      return s.split(" ").join("").split("\n").join("").split("\r").join(""); } function maxDate() {      for (var i:Number = 1; i<30; i++) {           {                if (lowestup.htmlText == eval("price"+i).htmlText) {                     trace(i);                } else {                     trace("date");                }           }      };      return i; } tl.createTextField("teste",tl.getNextHighestDepth(),40,-290,100,16); teste.text = maxDate(); /* Inside the XML file --- hahahahahhaha RootNode.firstChild.childNodes[4].firstChild.firstChild  ---- response/days/conversion/date RootNode.firstChild.childNodes[4].childNodes[2].firstChild ---- response/days/conversion/bid */

The xml is attached to this msg.

If you see the actionscript, there is a function called 'maxDate', where I am trying to find out the textField name ['price' + i] that contains the max and minimum, then I thought of applying the same 'i' in the 'day' name, this was one way I was thinking on retrieving the date that corresponds to that maximum and minimun value. But for some reason it is not working.

do you have a better suggestion on how to get the date that those values [min and max] are related to?

Thank you very much.

[baianomauricioct]

sorry .. actionscript here:

[kglad]

the following will store your dates in an array:

var datesA:Array

var xml:XML = new XML();
xml.onLoad = parseXML;
xml.ignoreWhite = true;
xml.load("eur.xml");

function parseXML() {
    datesA = []
    for (var i:Number = 0; i<this.firstChild.childNodes.length; i++) {
        var xmlNode:XMLNode = this.firstChild.childNodes;
        datesA.push(xmlNode.childNodes[4].childNodes[0].firstChild.nodeValue);

    }
}

[baianomauricioct]

will it be associated with the maximum and min values? I need to assign the min and max values with their corresponding dates.

[kglad]

you'll need to code for that.

[baianomauricioct]

Thanks. I will try to figure it out. --:]

Don't you think this way would it be easier? Finding out the name of the price field than applying the same 'i' to the day textField?

function maxDate() {

for (var i:Number = 1; i<30; i++) {

{

if (lowestup.htmlText == eval("price"+i).htmlText) {

trace(i);

} else {

//trace("date");

}

}

};

return i;

}

[kglad · Accepted solution]

i don't understand your question but, i'm pretty sure that function is going to return 30 everytime it's called.

[baianomauricioct]

thank you. I was trying to find out with the function  which is the "i" of the price+i field that corresponds to the max and min value.

[kglad]

then you can use findTF() where you pass the string you're trying to match:

function findTF(s:String):Number {

for (var i:Number = 1; i<30; i++) {

if (s == this["price"+i].text) {

return i

}

}

return -1;

}