Attempting to learn XML all over again...

Question

Okay, I’ve been at this for a good few hours now, but
no matter how much I read the help, it doesn’t seem to want
to work.
I have some xml that I’ve managed to read in and am
able to properly trace:
<fruitBowl>
<fruit name=”apples” colour=”red”
seeds=”yes” />
<fruit name=”pears”
colour=”green” seeds=”yes” />
<fruit name=”grapes”
colour=”purple” seeds=”sometimes” />
<fruit name=”blueberries”
colour=”blue” seeds=”no” />
</fruitBowl>
Now, I want to be able to get the first fruit (and the next
after, etc), and its attributes.
Logically, I think I should be able to do this by going (or
something similar):
xmlListObject.child(0).attribute(“name”)
But actionscript 3 seems to disagree. When I trace the above
(and tracing "xmlList.Object.child(0)" ), I get a blank (which
appears to be because the tag actually has no value).
If I trace xmlListObject itself, I get my whole xml. If I
trace xmlListObject.length(), it does return the right amount of
children. But I can’t seem to isolate any 1 child and get an
attribute from it.
Any ideas?

Answer 1

Ah, I’ve finally gotten it:
<fruitBowl>
<fruit name=”apples” colour=”red”
seeds=”yes” />
<fruit name=”pears” colour=”green”
seeds=”yes” />
<fruit name=”grapes”
colour=”purple” seeds=”sometimes” />
<fruit name=”blueberries”
colour=”blue” seeds=”no” />
</fruitBowl>
From the xmlList that contains all of this, I first need to
access its children (all the fruit nodes).
xmlObject.children() will give me:
<fruit name=”apples” colour=”red”
seeds=”yes” />
<fruit name=”pears” colour=”green”
seeds=”yes” />
<fruit name=”grapes”
colour=”purple” seeds=”sometimes” />
<fruit name=”blueberries”
colour=”blue” seeds=”no” />
Then to get the first element I can go:
xmlObject.children()[0] (like in an array)
<fruit name=”apples” colour=”red”
seeds=”yes” />
Finally to get an attribute ‘colour’:
xmlObject.children()[0].attribute(“colour”);
If there are better/other ways to do this, then feel free to
comment.