Change value of attribute on an XML object in AS3

Question

Is there a easy way to do this? Or do I have to parse the file and do some search/replacing on my own?

The ideal would be something like:

var myXML: XML = ???; // ... load xml data into the XML object

myXML.someAttribute = newValue; 

Solution

Attributes are accessible in AS3 using the @ prefix.

For example:

var myXML:XML = <test name="something"></test>;
trace(myXML.@name);
myXML.@name = "new";
trace(myXML.@name);

Output:

something
new

Comments

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You can also use the following syntax to access attributes: myXML.attribute("id"), myXML["@id"], and myXML.@["id"]. livedocs.adobe.com/flash/9.0/ActionScriptLangRefV3/…