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javascript sample:
    var x = xmlDoc.getElementsByTagName("tag");
    var strings= new String;
    strings="";
    for (i=0;i<x.length;i++)
    {
        strings=strings+(x[i].childNodes[0].nodeValue);
        strings=strings+("\n");
    }
    document.getElementById("categories").innerHTML=strings;

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--2--
javascript sample:
<tag>&apos;name&amp;&amp;&quot;</tag>

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--3--
xml sample:
    <categories>
    <items>
    <tag>&lt;mark&gt;</tag>
    </items>
    <items>
    <tag>&amp;mark1&amp;</tag>
    </items>
    <items>
    <tag>&quot;mark2&quot;</tag>
    </items>
    <items>
    <tag>&apos;mark3&apos;</tag>
    </items>
    </categories>

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output:
    black line where "mark" with show be with less than and greater than
    &mark1&
    "mark2"
    'mark3'