Filter an XMLList based on values stored in an arary

Question

Basically what I want to do is remove elements with in my
XMLList if the node contains a specific value. The catch is that
value could be a multiple number of different values.
For example I have an XMLList that has several items:
<item id="200">
<url>some.swf</url>
<image>image.jpg</image>
<owner id="123" name="Some Company">
</item>
<item id="201">
<url>some.swf</url>
<image>image.jpg</image>
<owner id="123" name="Some Company Again">
</item>
Then I have an Array that is storing the Companies that I
want filtered out of the XMLList .. example:
filterArray[0] = "Company X";
filterArray[1] = "Some Company";
I don't know how many indexes the array will have. What I
want to do is delete any item in the XMLList that has a owner.@name
that is equal to any name stored in any index of the Array. I have
no idea where to start with this. Any help would be great!

Answer 1

I'd create a filter function, and in that function, loop over
the array, comparing values.
You can do something like this:
var xl:XMLList = xmlItems.item.(!isExcluded(*));
private function isExcluded(xmlItem:XML):Boolean {
var bExcluded:Boolean = false;
var sOwnerName:String = xmlItem.owner.text();
for (var i:int=o;i<aCompanies.length;i++) {
if (aCompanies [ i ] == sOwnerName) {
bExcluded = true;
break;
return bExcluded;
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