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/* custom styles for this example */

#demo input, #demo label {display:block;}

#demo fieldset {margin:1em;}

#demo textarea {width:40em;height:8em;}

</style>

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<p>The XML module of the DataType Utility allows you to take a string and convert it to an XML document.</p>

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{{>datatype-xmlparse-source}}

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<p>To convert a string to an XML document, simply call the <code>parse()</code> function of the DataType.XML class:</p>

```

YUI().use("datatype-xml", function(Y) {

var output = Y.DataType.XML.parse("<myroot><item type='foo'><name>Abc</name><rank>1</rank></item><item type='bar'><name>Def</name><rank>2</rank></item><item type='bat'><name>Ghi</name><rank>3</rank></item></myroot>");

// output is an XML document

});

```