# jQuery.parseXML()

Categories: Utilities

## jQuery.parseXML( data ) Returns: XMLDocument

Description: Parses a string into an XML document.

- #### version added: 1.5jQuery.parseXML( data )

  dataa well-formed XML string to be parsed

`jQuery.parseXML` uses the native parsing function of the browser to create a valid XML Document. This document can then be passed to `jQuery` to create a typical jQuery object that can be traversed and manipulated.

### Example:

#### Create a jQuery object using an XML string and obtain the value of the title node.

    <!DOCTYPE html>
    <html>
    <head>
      <script src="http://code.jquery.com/jquery-1.7rc2.js"></script>
    </head>
    <body>

    <p id="someElement"></p>
    <p id="anotherElement"></p>

    <script>
    var xml = "<rss version='2.0'><channel><title>RSS Title</title></channel></rss>",
        xmlDoc = $.parseXML( xml ),
        $xml = $( xmlDoc ),
        $title = $xml.find( "title" );

    /* append "RSS Title" to #someElement */
    $( "#someElement" ).append( $title.text() );

    /* change the title to "XML Title" */
    $title.text( "XML Title" );

    /* append "XML Title" to #anotherElement */
    $( "#anotherElement" ).append( $title.text() );
    </script>

    </body>
    </html>

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