<order>
<date>2005-08-01</date>
<customer>
<firstname>John</firstname>
<lastname>Johnson</lastname>
</customer>
<item>
<name>Maxilaku</name>
<qty>5</qty>
<price>155.00</price>
</item>
</order>

var order = new XML(txt)

order=<order id="555">
<date>2005-08-01</date>
<customer>
<firstname>John</firstname>
<lastname>Johnson</lastname>
</customer>
<item>
<name>Maxilaku</name>
<qty>5</qty>
<price>155.00</price>
</item>
</order>

var total=order.item.qty * order.item.price

document.write(order.customer.lastname)
document.write(",")
document.write(order.customer.firstname)

order.item+= <item> <name>Pavlova</name> <qty>10</qty> <price>128.00</price> </item>

document.write(order.@id)

var price=0 for each (i in order.item) { price+= i.qty*i.price }