## jQuery.parseXML( data )Returns: XMLDocument

Description: Parses a string into an XML document.

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

  - data
    Type: String
    a 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.

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    <!doctype html><html lang="en"><head>  <meta charset="utf-8">  <title>jQuery.parseXML demo</title>  <script src="https://code.jquery.com/jquery-1.10.2.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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