[jQuery] Re: A different approach to parsing XML, and a little help on processing attributes more efficiently

This gets the variables at the top level and gives me the correct
count for each level.

        function parseXml(xml) {

                $(xml).find('sites').each(function(){

                        var PARENT = $(this).children($(this).attr('id'));
                        var PARENTcount = PARENT.length;
                        var PARENTSchildren = 
$(PARENT).children($(this).attr('label'));
                        var CHILDRENcount = PARENTSchildren.length;
                        var CHILDSchildren = 
$(PARENTSchildren).children($(this).attr
('label'));
                        var CHILDScount = CHILDSchildren.length;

                        alert(PARENTcount)
                        alert(CHILDRENcount)
                        alert(CHILDScount)


                });
        }