Parsing XML with namespaces using jQuery $().find

Question

I'm trying to get the contents of a XML document element, but the element has a colon in it's name.

This line works for every element but the ones with a colon in the name:

$(this).find("geo:lat").text(); 

I assume that the colon needs escaping. How do I fix this?

Answer 1

Use a backslash, which itself should be escaped so JavaScript doesn't eat it:

$(this).find("geo\\:lat").text();