XML DOM removeAttribute() Method
Complete Element Object Reference
Definition and Usage
The removeAttribute() method removes a specified attribute.
If a default value for the attribute is defined in a DTD, a new attribute immediately appears with the default value
Syntax
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elementNode.removeAttribute(name)
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Description |
| name |
Required. Specifies the attribute to remove |
Example
The following code fragment loads "books.xml"
into xmlDoc using
loadXMLDoc() and removes the "category" attribute from all <book>
elements:
Example
xmlDoc=loadXMLDoc("books.xml");
x=xmlDoc.getElementsByTagName('book');
document.write(x[0].getAttribute('category'));
document.write("<br />");
x[0].removeAttribute('category');
document.write(x[0].getAttribute('category'));
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