XMLList - Major Problems!

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I have a real problem with the following code:

[AS]
var xml_a:XMLList = XMLContainer.getXML().cargo.popup;
trace(xml_a); //trace one
trace( xml_a.(@user == “china”) ); //trace two
var xml_b:XMLList = xml_a.(@user == “china”);
trace(xml_b); //trace three
[/AS]

[COLOR=“Red”]THE PROBLEM:[/COLOR]
Basically, ‘Trace Three’ returns null, while ‘Trace Two’ returns a valid xml list. Am I going crazy here?

:eek:

Full output below:

Trace one returns the following:


<popup user="africa">
    <label>1</label>
</popup>
<popup user="africa">
    <label>2</label>
</popup>
<popup user="africa">
    <label>3</label>
</popup>
<popup user="africa">
    <label>4</label>
</popup>
<popup user="china">
    <label>1</label>
</popup>
<popup user="china">
    <label>2</label>
</popup>
<popup user="china">
    <label>3</label>
</popup>
<popup user="china">
    <label>4</label>
</popup>
<popup user="gulf">
    <label>1</label>
</popup>
<popup user="gulf">
    <label>2</label>
</popup>
<popup user="gulf">
    <label>3</label>
</popup>
<popup user="gulf">
    <label>4</label>
</popup>
<popup user="india">
    <label>1</label>
</popup>
<popup user="india">
    <label>2</label>
</popup>
<popup user="india">
    <label>3</label>
</popup>
<popup user="india">
    <label>4</label>
</popup>

Trace Two returns:


<popup user="china">
    <label>1</label>
</popup>
<popup user="china">
    <label>2</label>
</popup>
<popup user="china">
    <label>3</label>
</popup>
<popup user="china">
    <label>4</label>
</popup>

Trace Three:

null

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