function printString(){ var xmlobj = "<results><item>taskOfTwo</item><item>temp_str</item><item>temp_ids</item></results>"; var xmlDom; //IE if(document.all){ xmlDom=new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLDOM"); xmlDom.loadXML(xmlobj); } //非IE else { xmlDom = new DOMParser().parseFromString(xmlobj, "text/xml"); } var results = xmlDom.childNodes.length;//1 var res = xmlDom.getElementsByTagName("item"); var str = res[0].firstChild.nodeValue;//taskOfTwo }