XML range

[jAQUAN]

How do I get an XMLList of a range of XML elements. For instance if I wanted myXML[5] through myXML[15]?

[fx.barrett]

A simple/easy solution would be something like this:

var xml:XML = <content>
                <news>
                    <description>Desc0</description>
                </news>
                <news>
                    <description>Desc1</description>
                </news>
                <news>
                    <description>Desc2</description>
                </news>
                <news>
                    <description>Desc3</description>
                </news>
                <news>
                    <description>Desc4</description>
                </news>
                <news>
                    <description>Desc5</description>
                </news>
              </content>
              
getXmlData(xml, 1, 3); // get specific nodes
function getXmlData(xml:XML, startIndex:Number, endIndex:Number):void
{
    for (var i:int = startIndex; i <= endIndex; i++)
    {
        trace(xml.*[i].*.toString());
    }
} 

But you can always try finding more complex solutions...

[jAQUAN]

thanks fx,
I was looking for a slick E4X command rather than a loop. I ended up using a for loop to populate another xml object with groups of nodes and request those groups.