how to parse xml string not xml file

[deepalititi]

i have string which has xml data like 0 tblPerson 0 idb1 idb2 idb3 idb4 NY 12436 True 8/10/2007 1:30:20 PM US now i have to parse this string and store each attribute values in string array which method i have to use. please provide some help or code