# How do I look for the name of a node that must stored in a variable?
**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-do-i-look-for-the-name-of-a-node-that-must-stored-in-a-variable/265266
**Category:** flash
**Created:** [July 7, 2008, 7:29am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-do-i-look-for-the-name-of-a-node-that-must-stored-in-a-variable/265266 "2008-07-07T07:29:35Z")
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### Author:  [@mpc2001](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/mpc2001)
#### Post date: [July 7, 2008, 7:29am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-do-i-look-for-the-name-of-a-node-that-must-stored-in-a-variable/265266/1 "2008-07-07T07:29:35Z")
Hi. I am trying to write a simple flash app looks for a for certain node in an xml file. The particular node is stored in a variable so that the node can be changed dynamically.How would I write this? so far I have the following code but it doesnt seem to be working. I get this error
1151: A conflict exists with definition diffLevel in namespace internal.
How would I write this correctly?
[FONT=Fixedsys]var diffLevel:String = new String;
var diffLevel= “trdrugbreaks”;[/FONT]
[FONT=Fixedsys][/FONT]
[FONT=Fixedsys]var xmlURL:URLRequest = new URLRequest(“testObject.xml”);
var xmlLoader:URLLoader = new URLLoader(xmlURL);
xmlLoader.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, xmlLoaded);[/FONT]
[FONT=Fixedsys]function xmlLoaded(event:Event) {
var dataXML = XML(event.target.data);
trace(dataXML.productCodes.diffLevel);
}[/FONT]
[FONT=Fixedsys][/FONT]
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### Author:  [@pensamente](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/pensamente)
#### Post date: [July 7, 2008, 9:01am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-do-i-look-for-the-name-of-a-node-that-must-stored-in-a-variable/265266/2 "2008-07-07T09:01:21Z")
maybe just typed var 2 times… don’t know if theres something more, but try it this way:
var diffLevel:String = new String;
diffLevel= “trdrugbreaks”;
once you create a variable, you don’t “var” again to change it’s value, doing that you are telling flash to create another… in your case with the same name - diffLevel.
hope this helps
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### Author:  [@mpc2001](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/mpc2001)
#### Post date: [July 7, 2008, 4:34pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-do-i-look-for-the-name-of-a-node-that-must-stored-in-a-variable/265266/3 "2008-07-07T16:34:44Z")
yeah its still not working.
by typing this: trace(dataXML.productCodes.diffLevel);
I want it to actually trace this
trace(dataXML.productCodes.trdrugbreaks);
It can’t be hardcoded because the node is going to be different every tiem the its activated.
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### Author:  [@mpc2001](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/mpc2001)
#### Post date: [July 7, 2008, 4:47pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-do-i-look-for-the-name-of-a-node-that-must-stored-in-a-variable/265266/4 "2008-07-07T16:47:15Z")
i did take the extra var off. but it didnt fix it.
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### Author:  [@devonair](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/devonair)
#### Post date: [July 7, 2008, 5:13pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-do-i-look-for-the-name-of-a-node-that-must-stored-in-a-variable/265266/5 "2008-07-07T17:13:00Z")
try:
[AS]trace(dataXML.productCodes.child(diffLevel));[/AS]
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### Author:  [@mpc2001](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/mpc2001)
#### Post date: [July 7, 2008, 7:37pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-do-i-look-for-the-name-of-a-node-that-must-stored-in-a-variable/265266/6 "2008-07-07T19:37:11Z")
Thanks that worked perfectly. I need to get up on my action script 3.
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### Author:  [@devonair](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/devonair)
#### Post date: [July 7, 2008, 10:52pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-do-i-look-for-the-name-of-a-node-that-must-stored-in-a-variable/265266/7 "2008-07-07T22:52:57Z")
groovy… glad that helped out…