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<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<body>
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<p id="demo"></p>
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<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();
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function myFunction(xml) {
    var x, y, xmlDoc, txt;
    xmlDoc = xml.responseXML;
    txt = "";
    x = xmlDoc.getElementsByTagName("title")[0];
    txt += "Child nodes: " + x.childNodes.length +"<br>";
    y = x.childNodes[0];
    x.removeChild(y);
    txt += "Child nodes: " + x.childNodes.length;
    document.getElementById("demo").innerHTML = txt;
}
</script>
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</body>
</html>
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