User Guide

754 ActionScript classes

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// myTextNode

The following example creates and parses an XML packet. The code loops through each child

node, and displays the node value using the

firstChild property and

firstChild.nodeValue. When you use firstChild to display contents of the node, it

maintains the

& entity. However, when you explicitly use nodeValue, it converts to the

ampersand character (&).

var my_xml:XML = new XML("mortongood&evil");

trace("using firstChild:");

for (var i = 0; i<my_xml.firstChild.childNodes.length; i++) {

trace("\t"+my_xml.firstChild.childNodes[i].firstChild);

}

trace("");

trace("using firstChild.nodeValue:");

for (var i = 0; i<my_xml.firstChild.childNodes.length; i++) {

trace("\t"+my_xml.firstChild.childNodes[i].firstChild.nodeValue);

}

The following information is displayed in the Output panel:

using firstChild:

morton

good&evil

using firstChild.nodeValue:

morton

good&evil