# Accessing an XML node's value?

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/accessing-an-xml-nodes-value/164302>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [September 30, 2005, 12:06am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/accessing-an-xml-nodes-value/164302 "2005-09-30T00:06:21Z")\
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**Author:** ![RoboLlama](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bc79bd/32.png) [@RoboLlama](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/RoboLlama)\
**Post date:** [September 30, 2005, 12:06am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/accessing-an-xml-nodes-value/164302/1 "2005-09-30T00:06:21Z")

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I’m try to access the value of an XML node:

\<Stuff\>This string is what I want.\</Stuff\>

However, the .nodeValue property isn’t working. It’s returning null. Stragely, the .nodeName property does work, and returns “Stuff” as it should. What do I need to do to get it working?

Thanks