var nameArray = myXml.getElementsByTagName('fileName'); var recipeType = myXml.getElementsByTagName('type'); var typeFolder = recipeType[0].firstChild.nodeValue; function writeArray() { var returnString = ''; for(var i = 0; i < nameArray.length; i++) { returnString += '' +nameArray[i].firstChild.nodeValue+ '
\n'; } return returnString; } document.getElementById('OutputLayer').innerHTML = writeArray();