parsing XML-like field

[dogfuel]

I have a text field in my source that looks something like:
"<f1>iVal1</f1><f2>iVal2</f2><f3>sVal3</f3>"

I'm parsing the data (iVal1, iVal2 and sVal3) and putting them in fields f1, f2 and f3.

The number of fields and sequence is constant so I can parse the string using a js 'split' on "><" and then trimming off the undesired from the resultant array members.

Is there a better (more elegant and/or efficient) way to do this?

Thanks

[sboden]

Can't think of better solution right now.

Regards,
Sven