# URGENT: associative multidimsional array

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/urgent-associative-multidimsional-array/242406>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [October 25, 2007, 4:39pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/urgent-associative-multidimsional-array/242406 "2007-10-25T16:39:22Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 1\
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**Author:** ![magenta4c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecc23a/32.png) [@magenta4c](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/magenta4c)\
**Post date:** [October 25, 2007, 4:39pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/urgent-associative-multidimsional-array/242406/1 "2007-10-25T16:39:22Z")

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hi there!  
this is my first AS3 post ever as i am trying wrap my PHP brain around AS3.  
i am desperately trying to find a way to make my config array work…

DREAM is to import XML and to ideally create a 3 dimensional associative array…

```auto

aConfig[container_id][slot_id][width] = 45;

```

i understand tho that in REALITY i must find a way to cheat:

```auto

aIndex[container_id][slot_id] = counter;
aConfig[counter][width] = 45;

```

but i am trying for 3 FULL WORK DAYS now to figure out why this is not working.

error message is

```auto

TypeError: Error #1010: A term is undefined and has no properties.
    at sonicticker_fla::MainTimeline/xmlLoaded()
    at flash.events::EventDispatcher/flash.events:EventDispatcher::dispatchEventFunction()
    at flash.events::EventDispatcher/dispatchEvent()
    at flash.net::URLLoader/flash.net:URLLoader::onComplete()

```

so if one of you AS3 gurus could give me a hand it would be extremely appreciated as i doubt that my employer will have any more patience with me. 🍺

```auto

// LOAD XML
var xmlList:XMLList;
var xmlLoader:URLLoader = new URLLoader();

xmlLoader.load(new URLRequest("myFeed.xml"));
xmlLoader.addEventListener(IOErrorEvent.IO_ERROR, catchIOError);
xmlLoader.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, xmlLoaded);

function catchIOError(event:IOErrorEvent) {
    trace("XML Error caught: "+event.type);
}

function xmlLoaded(event:Event):void {
    var xmlDataAll:XML = XML(event.target.data);// getting the data from the assigned variable
    
    var keyCounter:Number = 1;
    var configArray:Array = new Array();
    var configIndex:Array = new Array();

    // get the amount of existing <feed> children in this <root> tag
    for (var n:int = 0; n < xmlDataAll.child("feed").length(); n++) {

        // the container and slot ids of this row
        var container:Number = xmlDataAll.child("feed")[n].@container ? xmlDataAll.child("feed")[n].@container : 0;
        var slot:Number = xmlDataAll.child("feed")[n].@slot ? xmlDataAll.child("feed")[n].@slot : 0;
        
        // trace(container + " " + slot); // WORKS!
       
        configIndex[container][slot] = keyCounter;

        // for each row in this feed
        for (var k:int = 0; k < xmlDataAll.child("feed")[n].@*.length(); k++) {
            var row:Array = new Array();

            var contentAttribute:Object = xmlDataAll.child("feed")[n].attributes()[k].name() ? xmlDataAll.child("feed")[n].attributes()[k].name() : "nothing";
            var contentValue:String = xmlDataAll.child("feed")[n].attributes()[k] ? xmlDataAll.child("feed")[n].attributes()[k] : "nothing";// get all values
        
            // trace(contentAttribute + ": " + contentValue); // WORKS!     

            row[contentAttribute] = contentValue;
            configArray[keyCounter].push(row);

        }

        trace(configArray[keyCounter]["itemSource"]);

        keyCounter++;

    }// end for

}

```

the xml:

```auto

<root>
  <feed container="1" slot="1" itemType="video" itemSource="thumbnails/1.jpg" itemWidth="458" itemHeight="458" fromLeft="67" fromTop="78" />
  <feed container="1" slot="2" itemType="video" itemSource="thumbnails/2.jpg" itemWidth="458" itemHeight="1222" fromLeft="45" fromTop="6565" />
  <feed container="2" slot="1" itemType="text" itemSource="blah rhabarber" itemWidth="458" itemHeight="23434" fromLeft="76" fromTop="565656" />
  <feed container="2" slot="2" itemType="text" itemSource="find me" itemWidth="458" itemHeight="34" fromLeft="65" fromTop="6666" />
  <feed container="2" slot="3" itemType="date" itemSource="another textbox" itemWidth="458" itemHeight="23" fromLeft="34" fromTop="777" />
  <feed container="2" slot="4" itemType="text" itemSource="a thid box" itemWidth="458" itemHeight="458" fromLeft="47" fromTop="58" />
</root>

```

thank you! 🙂  
magenta