JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground
by JohnMcNulty
HTML
<ul id="output">
</ul>
JavaScript
var xml = "<root><instructions>Some ins text.</instructions><options><option>1.png</option><option>2.png</option><option>3.png</option><option>4.png</option></options><noOfOptions>4</noOfOptions></root>",
xmlDoc = $.parseXML( xml ),
$xml = $( xmlDoc ),
$options = $xml.find("option"); // get all option nodes
$.each($options, function() {
console.log($(this).text());
$("#output").append( "<li>" + $(this).text() + "</li >");
});