Getting the value of XML element from array of elements in jQuery

Question

I get the array of xml nodes using jquery with the following code

var appointments = new Array();
appointments = $($myXML).find('confirmationNumber');

Which returns me:

[
  <confirmationNumber>NX0FH25P</confirmationNumber>, 
  <confirmationNumber>VX0MW251</confirmationNumber>, 
  <confirmationNumber>VB0TH252</confirmationNumber>,
  <confirmationNumber>VB0MH253</confirmationNumber>
]

I want to retrieve the value of the following confirmation numbers as texts in array and I dont want to iterate the whole XML

I tried:

appointment[i].text() and appointment[i].val();

but that didn't work.

Frédéric Hamidi · Accepted Answer · 2012-06-07 12:43:01Z

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You can use map() to project the text of the elements into a new array without explicitly looping:

var confirmationNumbers = $($myXML).find("confirmationNumber").map(function() {
    return $(this).text();
}).get();

answered Jun 7, 2012 at 12:43

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Faizan Ali Over a year ago

but there is one problem. it is not just returning the text. it is actually returning the array of strings of the value. is there any way to get individual strings ?

Frédéric Hamidi Over a year ago

@Faizan, yes, you requested an array in your question, so... What do you mean by individual strings? Did you try indexing the array (e.g. confirmationNumber[0])?

Faizan Ali Over a year ago

I solved the problem by casting it to string. using.toString() like confirmationNumber[0].toString(). actually before it was returning array of strings like ["n","x","0","F","H","2","5","P"], and so on...

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