Dynamically assigning variable in xml loop

Question

I am trying to dynamically assign a variable name so I can
build an accordian nav from and XML doc. the code looks like this:
ACnav['depthChild0']._alpha = 0;
ACnav.setStyle("color", 0x0ffffff);
ACnav.setStyle ("openEasing",
mx.transitions.easing.strong.easeout);
ACnav.setStyle ("selectionDuration",
mx.transitions.duration.slow);
navXML = new XML();
navXML.ignoreWhite = true;
navXML.load("menu1.xml");
oY=5;
var currentSection = 0;
function buildNav () {
DisposableXML = new XML();
TempXML = new XML();
button = new Array();
//buttonNum = new Array();
subitem = new Array();
menuItem = new Array();
o = new Array ();
subitemlocation = new Array();
DisposableList = new Array();
buttonList = navXML.firstChild.childNodes;
i = 0;
sectionLength = buttonList.length;
while (i<=buttonList.length) {
if (buttonList
.nodeName.toLowerCase() == "button") {
DisposableXML = buttonList;
DisposableList = DisposableXML.childNodes;
buttonName = buttonList
.attributes.name;
set ("buttonNum", "buttonNumber"+i);
trace(buttonNum);
ii = 0;
//trace(buttonName+"-"+buttonNum);
//ACnav.createChild("View", buttonNum, {label: buttonName,
icon: "mainNav"});
button = ACnav.createChild("View", buttonNum, {label:
buttonName, icon: "mainNav"});
oY=5
while (ii<=DisposableList.length) {
TempXML = DisposableList[ii];
if (DisposableList[ii].nodeName.toLowerCase() == "subitem")
subitem = TempXML.attributes.name;
//subitemlocation = TempXML.attributes.location;
subitemNum="subitemNum"+[ii]+
//trace(buttonNum+"-"+subitemNum+"-"+subitem);
menuItem = ACnav.buttonNum.createChild("subNav",
subitemNum, {childText: subitem});
menuItem
.move(0, oY);
oY=(oY+25);
//trace(buttonNum);
ii = Number(ii)+1;
i = Number(i)+1;
//trace(button);
trace(menuItem);
redraw();
//gotoAndPlay('reload');
The problem lies with this line: button =
ACnav.createChild("View", buttonNum, {label: buttonName, icon:
"mainNav"});
If I quote the "buttonNum", it works, but jumbles the subnav
items together vs in the proper node. I need to have that declared
dynamically so that each parent node has a differentID and then
createchild goes under that. Anyway, I've tried alot of stuff over
the last few days and its getting frustrating.
Thanks for the help if anyone contributes!

Answer 1

You shouldn't need to do a concat within the XQuery path parameter. Try the following:
bpws:getVariableData('inputVariable','payload','/ns1:Request/ns1:instance[bpws:getVariableData(&quot;j&quot;)]')