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XML DOM deleteData() Method

CDATA Object Reference CDATA Object

Definition and Usage

The deleteData() method deletes data from a CDATA node.

Syntax

CDATANode.deleteData(start,length)

Parameter Description
start Required. Specifies where to begin removing characters. Start value starts at zero
length Required. Specifies how many characters to delete

Example

The following code fragment loads "books_cdata.xml" into xmlDoc using loadXMLDoc() and deletes some characters (the "<b>" tag) from the text node of the first <html> element:

Example

xmlDoc=loadXMLDoc("books_cdata.xml");

x=xmlDoc.getElementsByTagName("html")[0].childNodes[0];

x.deleteData(0,3);
document.write(x.data);

Output:

Stunning!

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CDATA Object Reference CDATA Object
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