Placing a variable value into an XML Object

Question

I am trying to figure out how I would get the value of a variable into an XML Object.
I have the variable
var dragonName:String = "Samuel";
var listing:XML = new XML();
listing = <thedragon>
                        <dragon>
                              <myname> dragonName.valueOf()</myname>
                         </dragon>
               </thedragon>
However, the dragon name does not show up when I go trace(listing);
How do I do it and should I have imported something as well or what?

Answer 1

yeah - in fact you can do all sort of things. This is extremely useful when you creating an XML dynamically e.g.
var names:Array = ["Sammy", "Samuel", "Sancho"];
var xml:XML =     <dragon>
                     <myname>{Math.floor(Math.random()*names.length) < 2 ? names[1] : names[Math.round(Math.PI) - 1]}</myname>
                  </dragon>;
or you can even run a function:
var xml:XML =     <dragon>
                     <myname>{dragonName()}</myname>
                  </dragon>;
private function dragonName():String {
   return "Samuel";