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How can I read this xml in javascript?

hi, I am new with Javascript and XML, and I would like to know how can I read this XML file

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes" ?>
- <properties xmlns="v1">
<comment>this is a comment</comment>
<entry key="your.address">main.street</entry>
<entry key="your.name">Adele</entry>
</properties>

I need to read this xml and then show something like this using javascript

comment = this is a comment
your.address = main.street
your.name = Adele

I know that I can use

<script type="text/javascript">
if (window.XMLHttpRequest)
{// code for IE7+, Firefox, Chrome, Opera, Safari
xmlhttp=new XMLHttpRequest();
}
else
{// code for IE6, IE5
xmlhttp=new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
}
xmlhttp.open("GET","data.xml",false);
xmlhttp.send();
xmlDoc=xmlhttp.responseXML;

document.getElementById("comment").innerHTML=
xmlDoc.getElementsByTagName("comment")[0].childNodes[0].nodeValue;
</script>

and I get the <comment> data "this is a comment" but how can I get the data from <entry key="your.address">main.street</entry> for example to show something like this

comment = this is a comment
your.address = main.street
your.name = Adele

Thanks experts!

zc2

You can do that the same way:

var entries = xmlDoc.getElementsByTagName("entry");
for( var i=0; i < entries.length; i++ ) {
    if( entries[i].getAttribute("key" ) == "your.address" )
        document.getElementById("your.address").innerHTML = entries[i].childNodes[0].nodeValue;
    if( entries[i].getAttribute("key" ) == "your.name" )
        document.getElementById("your.name").innerHTML = entries[i].childNodes[0].nodeValue;
}

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ivanplenti

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Thank you for your help!

zc2

You're welcome