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XML DOM removeChild () method

Element Object Reference Element object

Definition and Usage

removeChild () method to remove child nodes.

If successful, the function returns the node is removed, if it fails to return NULL.

grammar

elementNode.removeChild(node)

参数 描述
node 必需。规定要删除的子节点。


Examples

The following code fragment uses loadXMLDoc () to " the Books.xml " into xmlDoc, and remove the first <book> element child nodes:

Examples

xmlDoc=loadXMLDoc("books.xml");

y=xmlDoc.getElementsByTagName("book")[0];
x=xmlDoc.documentElement.removeChild(y);

document.write("Removed node: " + x.nodeName);

Output:

Node removed: book

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Try Demos

removeChild () - Remove the last child node from the list


Element Object Reference Element object