# Problem with reading XML file nodes

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/problem-with-reading-xml-file-nodes/272732>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [October 8, 2008, 2:46am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/problem-with-reading-xml-file-nodes/272732 "2008-10-08T02:46:35Z")\
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**Author:** ![Toiletfreak](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/toiletfreak/32/2923_2.png) [@Toiletfreak](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Toiletfreak)\
**Post date:** [October 8, 2008, 2:46am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/problem-with-reading-xml-file-nodes/272732/1 "2008-10-08T02:46:35Z")

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Hi I am reading an XML file into Flash. As the XML file is 11mb and schema is pretty complex, the option of writing a program to format the file is a bit far-fetched at this stage.

The xml file I have formats text in this way:

\<p\>  
\<v /\> hello world \<v /\> bye bye  
\</p\>

I need to get the hello world and bye bye as 2 separate nodes. How would I be able to do that in AS 3? Please advise.

Thanks.

Rgds,  
Toiletfreak