# XML to Object

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/xml-to-object/109992
**Category:** Uncategorized
**Created:** [May 11, 2004, 12:46pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/xml-to-object/109992 "2004-05-11T12:46:51Z")
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### Author: ![sarah012](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d2c977/32.png) [@sarah012](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/sarah012)
#### Post date: [May 11, 2004, 12:46pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/xml-to-object/109992/1 "2004-05-11T12:46:51Z")

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Using the following XML I am trying to construct an object for each Question which contains the questions attributes, the image name, and an all of the answers:  
\<?xml version=“1.0” encoding=“UTF-8”?\>  
\<title name=“Chapter One”\>  
\<question number=“1 of 5” format=“1” text=“The capital of Connecticut is Bloomfield”\>  
\<choices\>  
\<answer\>False\</answer\>  
\</choices\>  
\<img\>\</img\>  
\</question\>  
\<question number=“5 of 5” format=“2” text=“What is the capital of Connecticut?”\>  
\<choices\>  
\<answer correct=“true”\>Hartford\</answer\>  
\<answer correct=“false”\>Bloomfield\</answer\>  
\<answer correct=“false”\>New Haven\</answer\>  
\<answer correct=“false”\>Washington D.C.\</answer\>  
\</choices\>  
\<img\>CTMap.jpg\</img\>  
\</question\>  
\</title\>

I have set up an array which loops through the XML and traces out each piece of information. I am having a problem with the answers array. I seem to be getting nothing for the first answer and only WashingtonDC for the second. Here is the code:

```auto
function buildQuestionArray() {
		QuestionsArray = new Array ()
		for (var i=0; i<TestNode.childNodes.length; i++){
			curQuestion=TestNode.childNodes*;
			for (var j=0; j<curQuestion.childNodes.length; j++){
				curParts=curQuestion.childNodes[j];
				var AnswersArray = new Array();
				for (var b=0; b<curParts.childNodes.length; b++){
					if (curParts.childNodes**.nodeName==null){
						curImage=curParts.childNodes**;
					}else if (curParts.childNodes**.nodeName!=null){
						curImage=null;
						curAnswers=curParts.childNodes**;
					}
				AnswersArray**= curAnswers.childNodes
				}
			}
			QuestionsArray* = new Question (curQuestion.attributes.number, curQuestion.attributes.format, curQuestion.attributes.text, curImage, AnswersArray)
		}
		makeQuestion (currentQuestion);
	}
	
	function Question (numbers, format, Text, Image, Answers) {
		this.numbers=numbers
		this.Text=Text
		_root.numbers_box.text=QuestionsArray[currentQuestion].numbers;
		_root.Question_box.text=QuestionsArray[currentQuestion].Text;
		trace (Text);
		trace (format);
		trace (Image);
		trace (Answers);
	}

```

when I run the movie this is what it traces:  
The capital of Connecticut is Bloomfield  
1  
null

What is the capital of Connecticut?  
2  
CTMap.jpg  
Washington D.C.

what I want it to trace is:  
The capital of Connecticut is Bloomfield  
1  
null  
False  
What is the capital of Connecticut?  
2  
CTMap.jpg  
Hartford, Bloomfield, New Haven, Washington D.C.