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1338 ActionScript classes

toString (XMLNode.toString method)

public toString() : String

Evaluates the specified XML object, constructs a textual representation of the XML structure,

including the node, children, and attributes, and returns the result as a string.

For top-level XML objects (those created with the constructor), the

XML.toString() method

outputs the document's XML declaration (stored in the

XML.xmlDecl property), followed by

the document's

DOCTYPE declaration (stored in the XML.docTypeDecl property), followed by

the text representation of all XML nodes in the object. The XML declaration is not output if

the

XML.xmlDecl property is undefined. The DOCTYPE declaration is not output if the

XML.docTypeDecl property is undefined.

Availability: ActionScript 1.0; Flash Player 5

Returns

String - String.

Example

The following code uses the

toString() method to convert an XMLNode object to a String,

and then uses the

toUpperCase() method of the String class:

var xString = "<first>Mary</first>"

+ "<last>Ng</last>"

var my_xml:XML = new XML(xString);

var my_node:XMLNode = my_xml.childNodes[1];

trace(my_node.toString().toUpperCase());

// output: <LAST>NG</LAST>