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<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<body>
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<p id="demo"></p>
​
<script>
var xhttp = new XMLHttpRequest();
xhttp.onreadystatechange = function() {
    if (this.readyState == 4 && this.status == 200) {
        myFunction(this);
    }
};
xhttp.open("GET", "/demo/xml/books.xml", true);
xhttp.send();
​
function myFunction(xml) {
    var xmlDoc = xml.responseXML;
    var x = xmlDoc.getElementsByTagName("book");
    document.getElementById("demo").innerHTML =
    x[0].getAttribute('category') + "<br>";
​
    x[0].removeAttribute('category');
    document.getElementById("demo").innerHTML +=
    x[0].getAttribute('category');
}
</script>
​
</body>
</html>
​