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<!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head> <script src="loadxmldoc.js"> </script> </head> <body> <script> //check if the first node is an element node function get_firstchild(n) { x=n.firstChild; while (x.nodeType!=1) { x=x.nextSibling; } return x; } xmlDoc=loadXMLDoc("books.xml"); x=get_firstchild(xmlDoc); document.write("Nodename: " + x.nodeName); document.write(" (nodetype: " + x.nodeType + ")<br>"); //Get the first child node of the root element y=get_firstchild(xmlDoc.documentElement); document.write("Nodename: " + y.nodeName); document.write(" (nodetype: " + y.nodeType); </script> </body> </html>