Cannot get datagrid selected items

[handycam]

i seem to be unable to get the selectedItems for this DataGrid:

<mx:DataGrid id="choiceList" dataProvider="{_choices}" width="100%" height="100%" wordWrap="true" variableRowHeight="true">
<mx:columns>
<mx:DataGridColumn dataField="@ln1" headerText="Field 1"/>
</mx:columns>
</mx:DataGrid>



I used trace("Choices ="+choiceList.selectedItems);

but only get the Choices= part.

If I use selectedIndices, I get the number of the item selected.

What's up with that?

FWIW, The data provider is from the parent app, I'm displaying only the ln1 attribute in the xml.


[Bindable]
public var _choices:XMLList;

private function assignListData():void {
_listData0 = _xmlData.step.ingredientList[0].items.item;
s1._choices = _listData0;
}


"s1" is the component that this code is in.