I'm new to network programming...

Could someone please teach me the basics to XML?

I'm a fairly good programer... I know trig, arrays, strings, ect ect... but i don't know networking

since flash 5 implements XML I would REALLY appreciate if someone were to help me =]
Thanks. =]

Somar
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xml is pretty basic for flash. Here is an example:

Code:

---

{?xml version="1.0"?}
{example}
    {quote}To be or not to be...{/quote}
    {author}Shake-a-leg{/author}
{/example}

---

Please replace the "{" or "}" with "<" or ">". I did this because if you are using IE4.0+, Netscape6, or Mozilla it will count what I typed as legal xml and only display what's between the elements.

That's it. xml is basically a way to store data and data only. You make your own tags/elements and attributes. as long as there well formed (i.e. <a></a>) They will be able to be parsed by any application. to understand xml more I suggest you go to http://www.xml101.com or http://www.w3school.com/xml/.
For information on using xml check all over this board.