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Text changes when pulling from an xml file

Jul 27, 2012 7:49 PM

I have a quiz game in Flash that pulls questions from .xml files. The questions are in this format:

 

> <q>A book of maps</q>

> <a>Atlas</a>

 

I’ve noticed I can’t put quotes or apostrophes in it. If I do it doesn’t display them, it shows &quot; or &apos;

 

Someone suggested actually putting in &quot; instead, but that just came out the same way. Any ideas of why it would do that or a way around it? Thanks for any help.

1412 Views   9 Replies   Latest reply: yachts99, Aug 15, 2012 3:03 AM
 
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  • kglad
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    1. kglad,
    Jul 27, 2012 10:52 PM   in reply to lucasbuck2
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    use the replace method (as3) or split().join() (as2).

     
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    2. lucasbuck2,
    Jul 28, 2012 6:10 AM   in reply to kglad
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    Thanks for the reply. So something along these lines?

     

    function str_replace(str){

      return str.split("&quot").join(""");

    }

     

    And since your familiar with the quiz, does it matter where I call it at in the script?

     
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  • kglad
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    3. kglad,
    Jul 28, 2012 9:20 AM   in reply to lucasbuck2
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    for the quote (only), you must escape it.  and that should be

     

    &quot;

     

    no

     

    &quot

     

     

     

    function str_replace(str){

      return str.split("&quot;").join("\"");

    }

     

     

    that can be placed anywhere as long as it executes before it's called (which it will be if it's attached to the same frame where you load the text).

     
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    4. lucasbuck2,
    Jul 28, 2012 2:45 PM   in reply to kglad
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    Thanks for the info!

     
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  • kglad
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    5. kglad,
    Jul 28, 2012 5:17 PM   in reply to lucasbuck2
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    you're welcome.

     

    p.s. please mark helpful/correct responses, if there are any.

     
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    6. lucasbuck2,
    Jul 28, 2012 5:43 PM   in reply to kglad
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    For the record, it didn't work. I threw it in the same one as the frame, and the main. Still spits out &quot. But I think it's just a flaw in how it's made. It is a tad convoluted.

     
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    7. yachts99,
    Jul 30, 2012 2:58 AM   in reply to lucasbuck2
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    If you want to include punctuation inside your questions or answers you should wrap them inside CDATA blocks. This instructs the XML parser not to touch the content inside the blocks.

     

    <q><![CDATA[Put the text in here]]></q>

     
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  • lucasbuck2
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    8. lucasbuck2,
    Jul 30, 2012 7:05 PM   in reply to yachts99
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    Thank you, but that didn't work either. I tried this:

    <q><![CDATA[Put the "text" in here]]></q>

    and it displays

    Put the &quot;text&quot;in here

     

    But thanks for trying!

     
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    9. yachts99,
    Aug 15, 2012 3:03 AM   in reply to lucasbuck2
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    Where does this output (Put the &quot;text&quot;in here) get displayed? In the Output window, in a formatted text field?

     

    What happens when you trace out the xml object that loaded the xml file? The code would be something like trace(myXMLObject.q), depending on the name of your xml object and the structure of the xml file.

     
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