Question

I am trying to get the value of an attribute full where another attribute name is equal to something e.target.name.

So in this case I am trying to get the value of “full”

var full_url = myXML.item.@full.(@name=="e.target.name");

This is my XML:

<item name="Toy Box" thumb="resize/thumb_image2.png" full="full_images/image2.png" />
<item name="Toy Train" thumb="resize/thumb_image3.png" full="full_images/image3.png" / >
<item name="Toy Truck" thumb="resize/thumb_image4.png" full="full_images/image4.png" />

So my as above should return one of the But when I trace full_url I get nothing and no errors.

Answer 1

You have two errors in your e4x statement: There should not be quotes around e.target.name, and you have to select the item before you can call the value of @full.

This should work:

var full_url:String = myXML.item.(@name==e.target.name).@full;

(that’s assuming myXML also has a root element somewhere).