Subj : Re: Rhino/E4X problem with filter
To   : netscape.public.mozilla.jseng
From : Martin Honnen
Date : Wed Aug 04 2004 05:42 pm



Martin Honnen wrote:

> 
> I am using the E4X preview from
>   ftp://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/js/e4x_preview.zip
> and when I run it here with the following example I am astonished that 
> the filter returns a list with two elements instead of simple one element:
> 
> C:\Programme\Mozilla\rhinoEX420040804>e4x.cmd
> Rhino 1.5 release 5 2004 03 25
> js> var xml = <gods><god name="Kibo" /><god name="Jaffo" /></gods>;
> js> xml
> <gods>
>   <god name="Kibo"/>
>   <god name="Jaffo"/>
> </gods>
> js> xml.god.(@name = 'Kibo')
> <god name="Kibo"/>
> <god name="Kibo"/>
> js>
> 
> Is that a bug or am I misunderstanding what a filter should do (which is 
> quite possible as I have just started with E4X)?

It seems posting questions helps to find the mistake made, of course 
within JavaScript such a filter needs to be written as
   xml.god.(@name == 'Kibo')
otherwise it is an assigment. I am obviously XPath impaired and need to 
forget my XPath skills when dealing with E4X.

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	Martin Honnen
	http://JavaScript.FAQTs.com/

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