# Accessing nodes in xml inside CDATA

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**Created:** [July 13, 2013, 6:11pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/accessing-nodes-in-xml-inside-cdata/331356 "2013-07-13T18:11:49Z")\
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**Author:** ![ronmac](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7ea924/32.png) [@ronmac](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/ronmac)\
**Post date:** [July 13, 2013, 6:11pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/accessing-nodes-in-xml-inside-cdata/331356/1 "2013-07-13T18:11:49Z")

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I have some xml code wrapped in a CDATA tag

\<description\>  
\<![CDATA[  
\<strong\>July 13, 2013 12:50 pm EDT\</strong\>\<br /\>  
\<strong\>Location:\</strong\> 27.517N 71.483W\<br /\>  
\<strong\>Wind Direction:\</strong\> E (80°)\<br /\>  
\<strong\>Wind Speed:\</strong\> 9.7 knots\<br /\>  
\<strong\>Air Temperature:\</strong\> 81.1°F (27.3°C)\<br /\>  
\<strong\>Dew Point:\</strong\> 73.6°F (23.1°C)\<br /\>  
\<strong\>Water Temperature:\</strong\> 82.0°F (27.8°C)\<br /\>  
]]\>  
\</description\>

Having a bit of trouble here. How do I access individual nodes in this xml? For eg, how do I access the value in the last tag, water temperature? Thanks in advance.