xml nodes that contain dashes

[bdee2]

so i am trying to pull content from an xml document that looks something like this:

<xts:sports-content-set>
<sports-content>
<sports-event>
<team>
</team>
</sports-event>
</sports/content>
</xts:sports-content-set>

and the problem i am having is that when i try to reference xmlroot.sports-content coldfusion throws an error that says sports is not a child element of xmlroot.
i think it is reading it as xmlroot.sports MINUS content.

how can i get around this so that it properly sees the child node as sports-content?

i tried xmlroot.xmlchildren['sports-content']

but that gave an error saying:
The value "sports-content" cannot be converted to a number

how can i reference this child node by name?

[Newsgroup_User]

xmlroot.xmlchildren['sports-content']

You where on the right track, but xmlChildren is an array, not a
structure, you just need the bracket notation in your original form.

xmlroot["sports-content"]

[bdee2 · Accepted solution]

works like a charm thanks!