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# XML DOM nodeName Property * * Attr Object](#) * * * ## Definition and Usage The nodeName property returns the name of a node, based on its type. ## Syntax attrObject.nodeName * * * ## Example The following code snippet uses [loadXMLDoc()](#) to load "[books.xml](#)" into xmlDoc and displays the node name, node value, and node type of the category attribute: ## Example xmlDoc=loadXMLDoc("books.xml"); x=xmlDoc.getElementsByTagName('book'); for(i=0;i<x.length;i++){document.write(x.item(i).attributes.nodeName); document.write(" = "); document.write(x.item(i).attributes.nodeValue); document.write(" (nodetype: " + x.item(i).attributes.nodeType + ")"); document.write("
"); } Output: category = COOKING (nodetype: 2) category = CHILDREN (nodetype: 2) category = WEB (nodetype: 2) category = WEB (nodetype: 2) [Try it »](#) * * * ## Try it Demos [Display attribute nodeName, nodeValue, and nodeType](#) * * Attr Object](#)