How would i find the xml node that has a certain text value?
example i want to do something like this which is not working:
var xml = "<data><itemB>more data</itemB><itemC>yes, more data</itemC><itemA>some data</itemA></data>";
var searchString = "more data";
var foundin = $(xml + ":contains(" + searchString + ")");
You can invoke the :contains selector with the root XML element as its context:
var foundin = $(":contains(" + searchString + ")", xml);
You can see the results in this fiddle.
Try $(xml).children('*:contains("more data")')
These guys beat me to it, but here is the example I made.
<script>
$(function(){
var xml = "<data><itemB>more data</itemB><itemC>yes, more data</itemC><itemA>some data</itemA></data>";
var query = "more data";
$(":contains(" + query + ")", xml).each(function(){
alert(this.localName); //show node name
});
});
</script>
Edit I'm assuming you're trying to get to the xml node with the query text. You probably want to use nodeName instead of localName for better IE support.
