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http://www.wunderground.com/\
Weather Underground RSS Feed\
EN\
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http://icons.wunderground.com/graphics/smash/wunderTransparent.gif\
http://www.wunderground.com\
Weather Underground \
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weather\
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Rome, Italy Current Conditions - 5:45 PM CEST Oct. 21\
http://www.wunderground.com/global/stations/16239.html\
Temperature: 64°F / 18°C | Humidity: 100% | \
Pressure: 29.92in / 1013hPa | Conditions: Mostly Cloudy | \
Wind Direction: South | Wind Speed: 7mph / 11km/h | Updated: 5:45 PM CEST\
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Fri, 21 Oct 2005 15:45:00 GMT\
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// convert string to XML object
var xmlobject = (new DOMParser()).parseFromString(xmlstring, "text/xml");
// get a reference to the root-element "rss"
var root = xmlobject.getElementsByTagName('rss')[0];
// get reference to "channel" element
var channels = root.getElementsByTagName("channel");
// now get all "item" tags in the channel
var items = channels[0].getElementsByTagName("item");
// in the "item" we have a description, so get that
var descriptions = items[0].getElementsByTagName("description");
// we also get the "pubDate" element in the "item"
var date = items[0].getElementsByTagName("pubDate");
// get the actual description as string
var desc = descriptions[0].firstChild.nodeValue;
// split the string - temperature is element #1 -> 0
var descarray = desc.split("|");
var temperature = descarray[0];
// same for the pubDate
var update = date[0].firstChild.nodeValue;
var tooltipstring = update + ": " + descarray[3];
// now we have the RSS data we want as strings - do something now :-)
alert(temperature);
alert(tooltipstring);
