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    <p>It's possible to make returnedArray contain an array created by convertXML, but not in the way you're trying to do it. Flash simply doesn't work that way.</p> <p>This is roughly what happen when you run the code from pastebin:</p> <ol> <li>Start running function loadInformation() <ul> <li><code>var returnedArray:Array = loadinformation("http://website.com/xml.xml");</code></li> </ul></li> <li>Tell Flash that when xmlLoader loads completely, it should run LoadXML() <ul> <li><code>xmlLoader.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, LoadXML);</code></li> </ul></li> <li>Start loading an XML file <ul> <li><code>xmlLoader.load(new URLRequest(xmlurl));</code></li> </ul></li> <li>Tell Flash what LoadXML() is (and convertXML()) <ul> <li><code>function LoadXML(e:Event):void {...}</code></li> </ul></li> <li>Stop running function loadInformation()</li> <li>Flash goes off and does other stuff while waiting for the XML file to load</li> <li>The XML file finishes loading. Flash calls LoadXML() like it was told to. <ul> <li>Note that LoadXML() is being called by Flash, <em>not</em> by loadInformation(). </li> </ul></li> <li>LoadXML() processes the XML file.</li> </ol> <p>To get the converted array data, you need to do something like clownbaby's answer: set the value of returnedArray directly while inside LoadXML.</p> <pre><code>var returnedArray:Array; loadinformation("http://website.com/xml.xml"); function loadinformation(xmlurl:String):Array{ var xmlLoader:URLLoader = new URLLoader(); var xmlData:XML = new XML(); xmlLoader.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, LoadXML); xmlLoader.load(new URLRequest(xmlurl)); } function LoadXML(e:Event):void { xmlData = new XML(e.target.data); returnedArray = convertXML(xmlData); } function convertXML(xml):Array{ // Does some stuff with the XML and returns an array return rArray; } </code></pre>
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    1. COHi, this is what I've been trying. I get to the convertXML function and trace my array (trace(rArray)) and it works fine, however if I then assign "returnedArray" with "returnedArray = convertXML(xmlData);" (inside LoadXML) and trace it I get nothing. For some reason returnedArray is not getting the array from convertXML. Any ideas why this might be?
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    2. COWait nevermind it does work. If I trace out returnedArray after doing convertXML(xmlData); it gives me the results, but if I do "return returnedArray" AFTER the convertXML function is declared (eg: bottom of my code) it returns "Null". At what point should I be returning "returnedArray" to be able to use the final result?
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    3. COreturnedArray will only contain data *after* LoadXML is called, which happens when the XML file finishes loading. What is the rest of the code like? If you want more things to happen when returnedArray gets filled with data, you have three options: 1) Add more things to LoadXML. 2) Create a second function with the additional things, and also add it as an event listener to xmlLoader. 3) At the end of LoadXML, dispatch an event saying the data is loaded. I can expand on any of the three you wish.
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