# XML attributes NaN

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/xml-attributes-nan/170642>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [November 28, 2005, 1:55pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/xml-attributes-nan/170642 "2005-11-28T13:55:57Z")\
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**Author:** ![mpelland](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c0e974/32.png) [@mpelland](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/mpelland)\
**Post date:** [November 28, 2005, 1:55pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/xml-attributes-nan/170642/1 "2005-11-28T13:55:57Z")

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Hey all,  
I am having a weird issue with my XML

I have an xml file, the area with the issue is setup similar to :  
\<thumbLayout rows=“1” cols=“0” number=“1” offset=“0” thumbnailWidth=“77” thumbnailHeight=“39” /\>

I am taking these values in flash with the XPath class. The problem that I am having is that I need these variables to return as numbers so that I can build a table. They trace out fine but for some reason I can’t use them as numbers. Has this happened to anyone?