Blowing Through Lines

package
{
import flash.display.Sprite;
 
public class XMLListExample extends Sprite
{
	private var books:XML;
 
	public function XMLListExample()
	{
		books =		<books>
			<book publisher="Addison-Wesley" name="Design Patterns" />
			<book publisher="Addison-Wesley" name="The Pragmatic Programmer" />
			<book publisher="Addison-Wesley" name="Test Driven Development" />
			<book publisher="Addison-Wesley" name="Refactoring to Patterns" />
			<book publisher="O'Reilly Media" name="The Cathedral & the Bazaar" />
			<book publisher="O'Reilly Media" name="Unit Test Frameworks" />
		</books>;
 
		showBooksByPublisher();
	}
 
	private function showBooksByPublisher():void
	{
		var ner = "ren";
		switch(ner){
			case "ren":
			// the working code
			var results:XMLList;// = new XMLList();
			results = books.book.(@publisher == "Addison-Wesley");
			trace("results:\n"+results); // returns a the first 4 items (which contain "Adison...")
 
			// now for the fun!!!
			var otherResults:XMLList = books.book.(@publisher == "O'Reilly Media");
			trace("other results:\n"+otherResults); // returns null? (actually a null object)
 
			// just to see if oneline variable definitions work
			var test:String = 'ner';
			trace("test string: "+test);
 
			// seeing what else is a problem to do this way
			var objTest:Object = {ner:"ren"};
			trace('test object: '+objTest.ner); // yup works fine.
			//
			var xmlTest:XML = <ners>
			<ner>ren</ner>
			</ners>;
			trace('test xml:\n'+xmlTest); // no problem here either.
			//
			var numTest:Number = 45;
			trace('test number: '+numTest); // this is fine too.
			break;
		}
		if(ner == "ren")
		{
			var otherOtherResults:XMLList = books.book.(@publisher == "O'Reilly Media");
			trace("other other results:\n"+otherOtherResults); // works fine as well.
		}
	}
}// end of class
}