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Revision: 39139
at January 13, 2011 23:35 by Activetuts
Initial Code 
function stripXMLNamespaces(xml:XML):XML
{
    var s:String = xml.toString();
    var pattern1:RegExp = /\s*xmlns[^\'\"]*=[\'\"][^\'\"]*[\'\"]/gi;
    s = s.replace(pattern1, "");
    var pattern2:RegExp = /<[\/]{0,1}(\w+:).*?>/i;
    while(pattern2.test(s)) {
        s = s.replace(pattern2.exec(s)[1], "");
    }
    return XML(s);
}
Initial URL 
http://enva.to/e4ig6z
Initial Description 
<p>Loading XML, specifically from 3rd party sources can sometimes prove problematic when the XML makes use of namespaces. This snippet will take an XML object and strip all namespace declarations and prefixes. This snippet leaves the input XML unchanged and returns a new XML object.</p>
Initial Title 
Strip XML Namespaces
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ActionScript 3