delete XML node, keep original

Question

I need to delete some nodes from an XML variable and I want to keep the original intact.
So I pass the XML to a new variable and delete the nodes from that one but the original changes with it.

Is there a way to protect the XML from the original variable?

Answer 1

you want to clone the xml, not just set another variable reference to it.

try var xmlbackup:XML = xml.copy();