# XML problem

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/xml-problem/295239
**Category:** Uncategorized
**Created:** [August 27, 2009, 3:10am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/xml-problem/295239 "2009-08-27T03:10:51Z")
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### Author: ![jingpe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a4c791/32.png) [@jingpe](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/jingpe)
#### Post date: [August 27, 2009, 3:10am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/xml-problem/295239/1 "2009-08-27T03:10:51Z")

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var test:XML = new XML("\<e ide=“hi”\>\<a\>aa\</a\>\<b\>bb\</b\>\</e\>");  
trace(test.firstChild.attributes.ide);

i was expecting the output “hi”

but somehow comes nothing.When i trace (test); it outputs the xml string… weird… can anyone helps?:yoda: