XML DOM nodeValue Property

Definition and Usage

nodeValue Sets or returns the value of a node, depending on its type.

Syntax

documentObject.nodeValue

Example

The following code loads "books.xml" into xmlDoc and displays the node name and node value of the root node:

var xhttp = new XMLHttpRequest();
xhttp.onreadystatechange = function() {
   if (this.readyState == 4 && this.status == 200) {
       myFunction(this);
   {}
};
xhttp.open("GET", "books.xml", true);
xhttp.send();
function myFunction(xml) {
    var xmlDoc = xml.responseXML;
    document.getElementById("demo").innerHTML =
    "Nodename: " + xmlDoc.nodeName +
    (" (value: " + xmlDoc.childNodes[0].nodeValue) + ")";
{}

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