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XML DOM insertBefore () method

Element Object Reference Element object

Definition and Usage

insertBefore () method before the existing child node into a new child node.

This method returns the new child node.

grammar

elementNode.insertBefore(new_node,existing_node)

参数 描述
new_node 必需。要插入的节点。
existing_node 必需。已有的节点。在该节点之前插入新节点。


Examples

The following code fragment uses loadXMLDoc () to " the Books.xml " into xmlDoc create a new <book> node and insert it into the final before a <book> element:

Examples

xmlDoc=loadXMLDoc("books.xml");

newNode=xmlDoc.createElement("book");

x=xmlDoc.documentElement;
y=xmlDoc.getElementsByTagName("book")[3];

x.insertBefore(newNode,y);

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Element Object Reference Element object