Creating a new attribute in an XML node using E4X in AS3

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Is there any way to do it?

score 10 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 16 '09 at 16:53

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Thanks for answering.

I did found your explanations and link suggestions interesting and encouraging.

Anyway, I did not make myself clear with my question. What I did want to know was how to create any property, even without knowing it's name. I did read several docs and tutorials until I figured it out. Hope this can be of help.

var data:XML = <node/>;
var $my_attr:String = 'id';
data.@[$my_attr] = 'foo';

answered Mar 16 '09 at 16:53

TurboHz

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Ah, now that's a different issue. I beleive data['@' + attrName] should also do the trick. – David Hanak Mar 17 '09 at 12:54

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Jul 20 '09 at 08:39

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To add attribute you need to write as

xmlNode.attributes.@attr = "value";

Hope it works.

Thx Amitd

answered Jul 20 '09 at 08:39

Correction should be (remove @ from above) xmlNode.attributes.attr = "value"; – Jul 20 '09 at 08:43

score 1 · Answer 3 · answered Mar 24 '11 at 17:17

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xmlNode.attributes['attribute'] = 'attribute value';

answered Mar 24 '11 at 17:17

jcx

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score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Mar 13 '09 at 18:28

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Long answer: Please do read the documentation. It is indeed very rich. Entire chapters have been devoted to XML and E4X. Here's a link that may be helpful to you.

Short answer: Yes.

answered Mar 13 '09 at 18:28

dirkgently

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score 0 · Answer 5 · answered Mar 13 '09 at 21:50

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dirkgently didn't directly tell you how to do it, I guess with an educational purpose. Nonetheless, here's how:

var xml:XML = <node/>;
xml.@attr = "value";

Tada! But please, RTFM.

answered Mar 13 '09 at 21:50

David Hanak

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@ turboHz I agree with David, It's really not good practice, for your own skills I mean, to not give it a shot yourself first and do at least a basic search in the documentation or on google. – BefittingTheorem Mar 14 '09 at 11:26

Creating a new attribute in an XML node using E4X in AS3

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