# Colon's in nod names of XML files {Help please}

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/colons-in-nod-names-of-xml-files-help-please/234757>\
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**Created:** [August 5, 2007, 9:52pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/colons-in-nod-names-of-xml-files-help-please/234757 "2007-08-05T21:52:42Z")\
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**Author:** ![joshchernoff](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/joshchernoff/32/1852_2.png) [@joshchernoff](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/joshchernoff)\
**Post date:** [August 5, 2007, 9:52pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/colons-in-nod-names-of-xml-files-help-please/234757/1 "2007-08-05T21:52:42Z")

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I have to use array access notation when accessing the kuler API rss feed because they name there nodes things like “\<kuler:themeItem\>” and that dam colon messes every thing up.

any ideas to work around this?

```php

var myLoader:URLLoader;
var myXML:XML
var urlRequest:URLRequest;

myXML = new XML();
urlRequest = new URLRequest("http://kuler.adobe.com/kuler/services/rss/search.cfm?searchQuery=joshchernoff&startIndex=0&itemsPerPage=100&displayfull=true&readerType=widget");
myLoader = new URLLoader(urlRequest);
myLoader.addEventListener("complete", xmlLoaded);
function xmlLoaded(event:Event):void {
    myXML = XML(myLoader.data);
    trace(myXML.channel.item.length());//[0].title
    
    //Will trace out the hole XML doc
    //trace(XML(myLoader.data));
    
    for (var i:uint = 0; i < myXML.channel.item.length(); i++) {
        
        //Will trace out every item nod.
        //trace(myXML.channel.item*);
            
        trace(myXML.channel.item*.title);
        trace(myXML.channel.item*.kuler);
        trace(myXML.channel.item*["kuler:themeItem"]);// the nod name "kuler:themeItem" with a colon is the problem.
    
    }        
}

```