[jQuery] Using jQuery to parse XML
Hi all,
I've spent a long time trying to figure out why my code to pull
elements out of an XML file isn't working, to no avail. Here's the
code snippet I'm using, given an XMLHttpRequest named responseXML
which seems to be in fine shape (inspected using Safari 4 beta's
"Inspect Element" feature):
function extractBifData(responseXML, vorticityClass,
vorticityStrength)
{
var bifData = [];
$(responseXML).find('wave').each(function () // WTF
{
var wave = $(this);
var A = wave.attr('A');
alert('entered the function'); // for simple debugging
bifData.push([parseFloat(wave.attr('Q')), parseFloat(wave.attr
('amplitude'))]);
});
return bifData;
}
When this function gets called, it looks like the anonymous function
(with the "WTF" comment) isn't even getting called (ever) since I
never see an alert.
You can see the entire preliminary page over at http://math.brown.edu/~mjball/viewer/.
Steps to reproduce the error:
1. There's only 1 dropdown when you first load the page. Select "exp"
from it.
2. This should spawn another dropdown. If you select any item from
it, it spawns