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ActionScript 2.0 Language Reference > ActionScript classes > XMLNode > previousSibling (XMLNode.previousSibling property)

previousSibling (XMLNode.previousSibling property)

An XMLNode value that references the previous sibling in the parent node's child list. The property has a value of null if the node does not have a previous sibling node. This property cannot be used to manipulate child nodes; use the appendChild(), insertBefore(), and removeNode() methods to manipulate child nodes.

Availability: ActionScript 1.0; Flash Player 5

Example

The following example is an excerpt from the example for the XML.lastChild property, and shows how you can use the XML.previousSibling property to loop through an XML node's child nodes:

for (var aNode:XMLNode = rootNode.lastChild; aNode != null; aNode = aNode.previousSibling) {
    trace(aNode);
}

See also

lastChild (XMLNode.lastChild property), appendChild (XMLNode.appendChild method), insertBefore (XMLNode.insertBefore method), removeNode (XMLNode.removeNode method), XML

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