Error getting inner text from XML node using JavaScript

Question

I am reading an XML document using JavaScript and jQuery, and you need to extract some text from node to save to an array. The XML structure is as follows:

<C>
  <I>
    <TEXTFORMAT>
      <P>
        <FONT>Here the text I want</FONT>
      </P>
    </TEXTFORMAT>
  </I>
</C>

Everything I've tried so far returns nothing, so I must not correctly reference the contents of the FONT tag.

Which XML path should I use?

Answer 1

This will give you an array of node contents FONT.

var array = $(xml).find('FONT').map(function() {
    return $(this).text();
}).get();

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Relevant jQuery docs:

• .map()- http://api.jquery.com/map/
• .text()- http://api.jquery.com/text/
• .get()- http://api.jquery.com/get/
• .find() - http://api.jquery.com/find/

Answer 2

function parseXml(xml)
{
    //find every FONT element and store its value
    $(xml).find("FONT").each(function()
    {
        // put this.text() into the array
    });

}