Tryit Editor v1.8

Source Code:
<!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=xmlDoc.documentElement; firstNode=get_firstchild(x); for (i=0;i<firstNode.childNodes.length;i++) { if (firstNode.childNodes[i].nodeType==1) { //Process only element nodes document.write(firstNode.childNodes[i].nodeName); document.write(" = "); document.write(firstNode.childNodes[i].childNodes[0].nodeValue); document.write("<br>"); } } </script> </body> </html>
Result:
W3Schools.com - Try it yourself