XML DOM removeAttributeNode() Method
Complete Element Object Reference
Definition and Usage
The removeAttributeNode() method removes a specified attribute node.
If a default value for the attribute is defined in a
DTD, a new attribute immediately appears with the default value.
This function returns the removed attribute node.
Syntax
elementNode.removeAttributeNode(node)
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Parameter |
Description |
node |
Required. The node to remove |
Example
The following code fragment loads "books.xml"
into xmlDoc using
loadXMLDoc() and removes the "category" attribute nodes from all <book>
elements:
xmlDoc=loadXMLDoc("books.xml");
x=xmlDoc.getElementsByTagName('book');
for(i=0;i<x.length;i++)
{
attnode=x.item(i).getAttributeNode("category");
old_att=x.item(i).removeAttributeNode(attnode);
document.write("Removed attribute: " + old_att.name + "<br />");
}
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Output:
Removed attribute: category
Removed attribute: category
Removed attribute: category
Removed attribute: category
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Try-It-Yourself Demos
removeAttributeNode() - Remove an attribute node
Complete Element Object Reference
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