XML to javascript array with jQuery

Question

I am new to XML and AJAX and am only a newcomer to Javascript and jQuery. Among other job duties I design our website. A deadline is very near, and the only way I can think

Answer 1

I wrote this.. pretty simple way to take a welformed XML response/string and parse it with jquery and then convert to array.

var response = 'something'  

var xmlDoc = $.parseXML( response );

var myArray = getXMLToArray(xmlDoc);

alert(myArray['root']['node1']);
//Pop up window displaying the text "something"

function getXMLToArray(xmlDoc){
    var thisArray = new Array();
    //Check XML doc
    if($(xmlDoc).children().length > 0){
    //Foreach Node found
    $(xmlDoc).children().each(function(){    
        if($(xmlDoc).find(this.nodeName).children().length > 0){
        //If it has children recursively get the inner array
        var NextNode = $(xmlDoc).find(this.nodeName);
        thisArray[this.nodeName] = getXMLToArray(NextNode);
        } else {
        //If not then store the next value to the current array
        thisArray[this.nodeName] = $(xmlDoc).find(this.nodeName).text();
        }
    });
    }
    return thisArray;
}

Hope this helps!!