How do i Parsing xml

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Todd Dignan - 19 Jun 2008 03:21 GMT

This how my customers xml is coming across and can not change.
<month name="January">
<day>
<date>01</date>
<name>Thursday</name>
<time>12:03 PM</time>
<comment>It is a hot day</comment>
</day>
<day>
<date>05</date>
<name>Monday</name>
<time>09:28 AM</time>
<comment>Another hot day</comment>
</day>
</month>

The above data structure uses a new node for each bit of core information. It
is well laid out and very readable by humans, however a better structure exists
when using Flash. The data structure below makes more use of the attributes
feature, speeding the parsing process up. It takes longer for Flash to read 6
separate nodes, than it does 6 attributes of a node. The data structure below
is suited better for use with Flash.

How do I get it formated like this?
<month name="January">
<day date="01" name="Thursday" time="12:03 PM" comment="It is a hot day" />
<day date="05" name="Monday" time="09:28 AM" comment="Another hot day" />
</month>

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Noelbaland - 20 Jun 2008 10:19 GMT

Hello there,

Depending on which version of Flash you're using the parsing of XML is a
little different in Actionscript 3 then Actionscript 2. I personally like the
AS3 way as it's easier to traverse the XML tree.

Here is how I would parse your new structure above in both versions

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Todd Dignan - 20 Jun 2008 19:00 GMT

Thanks for the response. I have Flash 8 (AS2)

When I user your sample this is what it get.

January

DATE: undefined
NAME: undefined
TIME: undefined
COMMENT: undefined

DATE: undefined
NAME: undefined
TIME: undefined
COMMENT: undefined

Everything looks good up to the loop.
When I trace the loop I get undefined. I could not figure out why.

Thanks for your help ahead of time.

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Noelbaland - 21 Jun 2008 01:51 GMT

Hello again,

Sorry, I thought you wanted to know how to parse XML for this structure

<month name="January">
<day date="01" name="Thursday" time="12:03 PM" comment="It is a hot day" />
<day date="05" name="Monday" time="09:28 AM" comment="Another hot day" />
</month>

This is the one that the code I wrote is using. I think you're loading in the
other one. Doesn't matter - I've included the for loop for both structures
below so that you can try it with both.

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