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experts,<br />
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I have the following bit of code that reads an xml file;<br />

<pre><code id="code-10-27410839-1">jQuery.get(xml, function (data) {

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I want to get the root element's name.<br />
I have read that the following will select the root element;<br />

<pre><code id="code-10-27410839-2">jQuery(data).filter(&quot;:first&quot;)</code></pre>
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what do I add to get the name of this root element?
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experts,

I have the following bit of code that reads an xml file;
(CODE)

I want to get the root element's name.
I have read that the following will select the root element;
(CODE)

what do I add to get the name of this root element?

jQuery/JavaScript obtain Element name of root element in XML

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