How to escape a colon when parsing XML in actionscript?

Question

say I have XML like this:

<root>
  <x:Item>test</x:Item>
</root>

How would I navigate to the x:Item node?

I tried myXml..x:Item and myXml..x::Item but both throw errors. The first won't compile and the second complains about me trying to use NameSpace '0'.

@bmargulies, it had to do with namespaces as you suspected. If you post as an answer I'll accept. — Abe Miessler
– Abe Miessler, Commented Mar 7, 2011 at 22:55

Abe Miessler · Accepted Answer · 2011-03-07 22:57:55Z

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I ended up adding the namespace to my XML in my actionscript and that solved the issue. You can find the documentation here. The coded endedup looking like this:

var wNS:Namespace = new Namespace("w", "http://www.test.com/weather/");
myXmlMessage.addNamespace(wNS);

answered Mar 7, 2011 at 22:57

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Mads Hansen Over a year ago

+1 for following up and documenting the answer to your own question. Someone else will have the same question and see how to register namespaces in their actionscript.

Batuta · Accepted Answer · 2011-03-07 22:40:56Z

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Just on top of my head...

myXML[0].Item

answered Mar 7, 2011 at 22:40

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