# Inserting data into XML

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/inserting-data-into-xml/265083>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [July 3, 2008, 6:27pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/inserting-data-into-xml/265083 "2008-07-03T18:27:55Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![nburlington](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/nburlington/32/1365_2.png) [@nburlington](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/nburlington)\
**Post date:** [July 3, 2008, 6:27pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/inserting-data-into-xml/265083/1 "2008-07-03T18:27:55Z")

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I’m trying to insert a variable into an XML object but I’m not sure what I need to be doing. Here’s what I have.

var newString:String = “new value”;

var newNode:XML = \<industry\>newString\</industry\>

Now that gets me the literal value of \<industry\>newString\</industry\>. How do I get \<industry\>new value\</industry\>

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**Author:** ![sekasi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5f8ce5/32.png) [@sekasi](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/sekasi)\
**Post date:** [July 3, 2008, 6:31pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/inserting-data-into-xml/265083/2 "2008-07-03T18:31:14Z")

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var newNode:XML = “\<industry\>”+newString+"\</industry\>"

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**Author:** ![wvxvw](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a9a28c/32.png) [@wvxvw](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/wvxvw)\
**Post date:** [July 3, 2008, 6:36pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/inserting-data-into-xml/265083/3 "2008-07-03T18:36:21Z")

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```auto
var industry:XML = <industry/>;
var someIndustry:String = 'brewing';
industry.replace(0, someIndustry);
trace(industry.toXMLString());

```

Hope it helps.

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**Author:** ![nburlington](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/nburlington/32/1365_2.png) [@nburlington](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/nburlington)\
**Post date:** [July 3, 2008, 6:58pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/inserting-data-into-xml/265083/4 "2008-07-03T18:58:43Z")

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thanks wv…

that did it.