Creating dynamic xml

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The help files give an example like this to convert a sting to xml

var xml:XML =
        <p>hello</p>;
trace(xml); // hello
trace(xml.toXMLString()); // <p>hello</p>

However I need it to be dynamic and more like this:


var newXml:XML =
for (var i:int=0;i<oldXmlList.length(); i++) {
           <books id=" + oldXmlList*.@id + " value=" + sliderValues*.value + " />")
   
}

Im obviously doing something wrong. Does anyone knoe the correct methods and syntax I need to use here?