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<p>The XML module of the DataType Utility allows you to take an XML document and convert it to a string.</p>

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<p>To output an XML document as a string, simply call the <code>format()</code> function of the DataType.XML class:</p>

```

YUI().use("datatype-xml", function(Y) {

var xmlString =

'<myroot>' +

'<item type="foo">' +

'<name>Abc</name>' +

'<rank>1</rank>' +

'</item>' +

'<item type="bar">' +

'<name>Def</name>' +

'<rank>2</rank>' +

'</item>' +

'<item type="bat">' +

'<name>Ghhi</name>' +

'<rank>3</rank>' +

'</item>' +

'</myroot>';

var myXMLDoc = Y.DataType.XML.parse(xmlString);

alert(Y.DataType.XML.format(myXMLDoc));

});

```