xml element is being returned as object HTMLCollection -

i have xml document returns list of map markers.

<markers> <marker name="marker 1 name" theid="100"> <content>text goes here</content> </marker> <marker name="marker 2 name" theid="101"> <content>other text goes here</content> </marker> ... </markers> 

i have javascript read through list of markers , returns attributes variables name , theid.

<script> ... var xml = parsexml(data); var markernodes = xml.documentelement.getelementsbytagname("marker"); (var = 0; < markernodes.length; i++) { var name = markernodes[i].getattribute("name"); var theid = markernodes[i].getattribute("theid"); var content = markernodes[i].getelementsbytagname("content"); ... </script> 

however cannot javascript return contents of element tag content. in place of text content message [object htmlcollection]. kind enough me fix please?

the bit missing textcontent:

var content = markernodes[i].getelementsbytagname("content")[0].textcontent;