Here’s an example of my XML:
</State>
<State name=“AR” eVts=“6” pCls=“8:30 PM EST”>
<PrecRepPct>11</PrecRepPct>
<Candidates>
<Cand name=“McCain” party=“R” pct=“55” tab=“194,543” win=“Y” />
<Cand name=“Obama” party=“D” pct=“44” tab=“155,526” win=“N” />
</Candidates>
</State>
There are 50 of those, one for each US state.
I have to pass each item to an array (all, “names”, “eVts”, “pCls” and etc.) so that I can access them later. I’ve managed to get down to “Candidates” and this is where it all breaks down, I can’t seem to get at the stuff in “Cand”. This is what it looks like in my code:
function parseData():void {
for ( var i:uint = 0; i < simpleXML.elements().length(); i++ ) {
stateAbbreviation = simpleXML.State*.@name;
electoralVotes = simpleXML.State*.@eVts;
pollClosing = simpleXML.State*.@pCls;
//that works fine, so then I try to go further - skipping “PrecRepPct” because I don’t need it
for ( var j:uint = 0; j < simpleXML.State*.Candidates.elements().length(); j++ ) {
trace(j)
//gets me 0101010101010101, which i’m assuming is “Cand” being in position [0] and [1]? Anyway, means I’m in there right?
//then I want to get all the “name”, “party”, etc. values from within “Cand” and push them into their arrays, but I can’t seem to get there. I tried this:
for ( var k:uint = 0; k < simpleXML.State*.Candidates[j].Cand.length(); k++ ) {
trace(k);
candidateName.push(simpleXML.State*.Candidates[j].Cand[k].@name);
}
}
}
}
//I get: TypeError: Error #1010: A term is undefined and has no properties.
I’m wondering if its because there are two "Cand"s, or "Cand.length(); isn’t the right thing to use or whatever, I’ve totally hit the wall. Anyone care to give me some input? It would be greatly appreciated!
-jonathan
