Parsing xml using the .text() function in as3

Question

I am accessing an xml document in actionscript, I know flash can see the xml as I am tracing it but when I add the .text() funtion to my trace to strip out the tags by trace doesn't see anything.
this works...
function LoadXML(e:Event):void {
xmlData = new XML(e.target.data);
ParseXML(xmlData);
function ParseXML(thexmlInput:XML):void {
trace("XML Output");
trace("------------------------");
trace(thexmlInput.wrapper.page);
this doesn't...
function LoadXML(e:Event):void {
xmlData = new XML(e.target.data);
ParseXML(xmlData);
function ParseXML(thexmlInput:XML):void {
trace("XML Output");
trace("------------------------");
trace(thexmlInput.wrapper.page.text());

Answer 1

The text() function returns an XMLList object, not a string literal.
To trace out the return of XML.text() - you need to loop through the object.
var xmlText:XMLList = myXML.text();
for each (var i:String in xmlText){
     trace(i);
Or you could use the toString() method instead.
trace(myXML.toString());
(The reason your first code works is because toString is automatically applied to trace statements, unless you specify something different)