Get tag names and first child data using jQuery

Question

Hi, I am trying to extract data from a child of a tag from my ajax script. this works with javascript

coursename = xmlDocument.getElementsByTagName("sitelist");
name = coursename[3].firstChild.data 

Can someone help me with doing this using jQuery please? I thought this would work, but it is not.

name = $("coursename", xml).text()

Any help or pointers would be great, thanks.

Answer 1

$('sitelist:eq(2)')

is a jQuery selector. You might want to use the jQuerys method .data()to save something in this node.

Answer 2

name = $("sitelist", xmlDocument).eq(3).children(":first").text();

above uses:

• jQuery context to select all tagssitelistinxmlDocument
• .eq()to reduce the set sitelistto 4th (index 3)
• .children(), 4- sitelist
• :first selector, .
• .text(), node