XML DOM appendChild() Method
 Complete Element Object Reference
Definition and Usage
The appendChild() method adds a node after the last child node of the
specified element node.
This method returns the new child node.
Syntax
| Parameter |
Description |
| node |
Required. The node to append |
Example 1
The following code fragment loads "books.xml"
into xmlDoc using
loadXMLDoc() and creates an element (<edition>), and adds it after the last
child of the first <book> element:
xmlDoc=loadXMLDoc("books.xml");
newel=xmlDoc.createElement("edition");
x=xmlDoc.getElementsByTagName("book")[0];
x.appendChild(newel);
document.write(x.getElementsByTagName("edition")[0].nodeName);
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Output:
Example 2
The following code fragment loads "books.xml"
into xmlDoc using
loadXMLDoc() and appends a new node to all <book> elements:
xmlDoc=loadXMLDoc("books.xml");
x=xmlDoc.getElementsByTagName('book');
var newel,newtext;
for (i=0;i<x.length;i++)
{
newel=xmlDoc.createElement('edition');
newtext=xmlDoc.createTextNode('First');
newel.appendChild(newtext);
x[i].appendChild(newel);
}
//Output all titles and editions
y=xmlDoc.getElementsByTagName("title");
z=xmlDoc.getElementsByTagName("edition");
for (i=0;i<y.length;i++)
{
document.write(y[i].childNodes[0].nodeValue);
document.write(" - Edition: ");
document.write(z[i].childNodes[0].nodeValue);
document.write("<br />");
}
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Output:
Everyday Italian - Edition: First
Harry Potter - Edition: First
XQuery Kick Start - Edition: First
Learning XML - Edition: First
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Try-It-Yourself Demos
appendChild() - Append a child node to the first <book> node
appendChild() - Append a child node to all <book> nodes
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