[Xerte] how to strip out a specific string?

[Ron Mitchell]

Hi Peter
thanks that's really useful. I have got it working but in a convoluted  
way and your suggestion seems neater so I'll give that a go.
Cheers
Ron

On 12 Apr 2009, at 22:28, Peter Huppertz wrote:

> Hi Ron,
>
> I'm not totally sure how you implement your solution but due to the  
> fact that Xerte is mainly a flash generator can't you use the built  
> in flash functions to deal with XML?
>
> Like:
>
> xm = new XML('<entry><id>tag:search.twitter.com,2005:1483252089</ 
> id><published>2009-04-09T12:59:26Z</published><link type="text/html"  
> rel="alternate" href="http://twitter.com/jamesclay/statuses/ 
> 1483252089"/><title>@ronm123 I meant in a browser, via a second  
> projector probably.</title><content type="html">&lt;a href="http://twitter.com/ronm123 
> "&gt;@ronm123&lt;/a&gt; I meant in a browser, via a second projector  
> probably.</content><updated>2009-04-09T12:59:26Z</updated><link  
> type="image/png" rel="image" href="http://s3.amazonaws.com/twitter_production/profile_images/96243182/Photo14_normal.jpg 
> "/><twitter:source>&lt;a href="http://twitter.com/"&gt;web&lt;/ 
> a&gt;</twitter:source><author><name>jamesclay (James Clay)</ 
> name><uri>http://twitter.com/jamesclay</uri></author></entry>');
>
> trace(xml.firstChild.childNodes[6].attributes.href); //http://s3.amazonaws.com/twitter_production/profile_images/96243182/Photo14_normal.jpg
>
> Cheers,
>
> Peter
>
>
> From:	"RonM" <ronm at mitchellmedia.co.uk>
> To:	"'Xerte discussion list'" <xerte at lists.nottingham.ac.uk>
> Date:	12.04.2009 20:21
> Subject:	[Xerte] how to strip out a specific string?
> Sent by:	xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
>
>
>
>
> Hi all
> I've been experimenting with the new module method of creating  
> templates and have created a couple of new templates optimised for a  
> specific purpose which I’ll happily share with the community once  
> complete. One is an optimised  view of twitter feeds but unless I’m  
> mistaken it seems like the xml isn't complete for some reason. I can  
> pick up and display the text and links etc ok but I can't work out  
> how to access the profile pics. Here's an example entry...
>
> <entry>
>     <id>tag:search.twitter.com,2005:1483252089</id>
>     <published>2009-04-09T12:59:26Z</published>
>     <link type="text/html" rel="alternate" href="http://twitter.com/jamesclay/statuses/1483252089 
> "/>
>     <title>@ronm123 I meant in a browser, via a second projector  
> probably.</title>
>     <content type="html">&lt;a href="http://twitter.com/ 
> ronm123"&gt;@ronm123&lt;/a&gt; I meant in a browser, via a second  
> projector probably.</content>
>     <updated>2009-04-09T12:59:26Z</updated>
>     <link type="image/png" rel="image" href="http://s3.amazonaws.com/twitter_production/profile_images/96243182/Photo14_normal.jpg 
> "/>
>     <twitter:source>&lt;a href="http://twitter.com/"&gt;web&lt;/ 
> a&gt;</twitter:source>
>     <author>
>       <name>jamesclay (James Clay)</name>
>       <uri>http://twitter.com/jamesclay</uri>
>     </author>
>   </entry>
>
> I want to be able to strip out the path to the .jpg e.g. http://s3.amazonaws.com/twitter_production/profile_images/96243182/Photo14_normal.jpg
>
> But can't work out how to do that. I can access the content of  
> <id>,<title> and even <name> but the tag containing the profile pic  
> link e.g. <link type=”image/png” doesn’t have a closing tag.  
> Presumably I need some kind of function + regular expression - any  
> suggestions?
>
> Cheers
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