Storing JQuery Xml Tree In Variable

Question

Xml:

<Data>
   <Cat>
      <Name>Fluffy</Name>
   </Cat>

   <Cat>
      <Name>Willy</Name>
   </Cat>
</Data>

JQuery:

// ...Some ajax calls...
$(xml).find('Cat').each(function() {
   var name = $(this).find('Name').text();
   alert(name);
});

How can I store the results of find('Cat') in a variable, so that I can pass it to a function and handle it there? I thought something like this, but it doesn't work:

var cats = $(xml).find('Cat');
ShowCatNames(cats);

...

function ShowCatNames(cats) {
   $(cats).each(function() {
       var name = $(this).find('Name').text();
       alert(name);
   }
}

Thank you.

Musa · Accepted Answer · 2012-11-08 20:37:06Z

1

Try parsing the xml first

var cats = $($.parseXML(xml)).find('Cat');

answered Nov 8, 2012 at 20:37

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Eric Over a year ago

Hi. I have specified in my AJAX call a dataType of "xml". However, I was only able to get your code to work if I specified the dataType as "text". I have read that specifying xml returns the same XmlDocument that you would get after calling .parseXML. Do you know why this wouldn't work when I set my dataType as xml? I was thinking that if I just set the dataType to xml, then I wouldn't have to call .parseXML

Musa Over a year ago

@Eric Try doing a console.log(xml) to see if you get an XmlDocument

Eric Over a year ago

Yes, actually, I just looked and it is an XmlDocument (it actually just says Document, but it is the same as when I call .parseXML, as far as I can tell.

Eric Over a year ago

Ok, oddly enough, my original code is working now. I'll mark your answer, since it worked, as well. Thanks for the help.

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