jquery parsing attributes error

Question

So I have this JS code:

var messages = xml;
console.log( messages );

which returns this:

<messages test='foo'></messages>

How do I get "test", considering that the following does not work?

$(xml).find('messages').attr('test'); //returns undefined.

Thanks in advance.

karaxuna · Accepted Answer · 2013-03-07 11:25:30Z

1

Try this:

 $(xml).filter('messages').attr('test');

answered Mar 7, 2013 at 11:25

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Prabhakaran Parthipan · Accepted Answer · 2013-03-07 11:43:30Z

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Please try this code

var xml = "<messages test='foo'></messages>", messages = xml;
 $(messages).attr('test');

answered Mar 7, 2013 at 11:26

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