Weird. Have just been working on a project in AS3, and have been scratching my head over a blank trace from what (as far as I could see) should be a simple XML lookup.

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An example of the XML im using :

<pictures>
  <img src="example.jpg" />
</pictures>


The ActionScript :

function BuildImageList(vXML:XML):void{
  trace(vXML.pictures.img);
}


As far as I was aware, this should output <img src=”example.jpg” />, but it doesn’t – it just outputs blank. However, if I change the XML file and add a second <img /> node :

<pictures>
  <img src="example.jpg" />
  <img src="example.jpg" />
</pictures>


… it works . As expected, it traces 2 <img /> nodes. Is this a bug, or am I missing something?