<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>test</TITLE></HEAD><BODY> 

   <TABLE cellPadding="10%"> 
       <TR><TD>cell data</TD></TR> 
       <TR><TD>cell data</TD></TR> 
   </TABLE> 

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       var oList=document.firstChild.childNodes[1].childNodes[1]; 
       document.write(oList.cellPadding); 

   

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