Use a variable's value as the element name to find:

 

package{
  import flash.display.Sprite;
  
  public class Main extends Sprite{
    public function Main(){
        var nodeName:String = "color";
        var fruit:XML = <fruit><color>red</color></fruit>;
        trace( fruit[nodeName] );
    }
  }
}

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Use a variable's value as the element name to find: : Bracket syntax « XML « Flash / Flex / ActionScript

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