Xpath question : output+textfields show cat. name from xml

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hello all,
if it doesn’t belong here, plz move

fiddling around with Xpath sure is fun,
yet i come to a problem i can’t seem to find the answer to.


var thePath_str:String = "/nutrition/food/name";
        var titleNode:String = XPathAPI.selectSingleNode(this.firstChild, thePath_str);
        knop.btntxt.text = titleNode.toString();
        trace (titleNode.toString())

it works but the output give me this


<name>Avocado Dip</name>

how do i force it to show only Avocado Dip ?

the odd thing is : when i simple use the path to a text field fe.
“/nutrition/food/name/”


var nameselect  = XPathAPI.selectSingleNode(this.firstChild, "/nutrition/food/name/");
         knop.btntxt.text = nameselect;
         trace (nameselect)

it outputs aswell Avocado Dip

but when i leave the “/” in the nameselect variable like this
so the path is “/nutrition/food/name”


var nameselect  = XPathAPI.selectSingleNode(this.firstChild, "/nutrition/food/name");

i don’t understand this so much

as anyone have a nice pointer?

thnx in advance.