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XML DOM appendChild() Method


Node Object Reference Node Object

Definition and Usage

The appendChild() method appends a new child node to the end of the list of children of a node.

This method returns the new child node.

Syntax

appendChild(newchild)

Parameter Description
newchild The node to append


Example

The following code fragment loads "books.xml" into xmlDoc using loadXMLDoc() and creates a node (<edition>), and adds it after the last child of the first <book> node:

Example

xmlDoc=loadXMLDoc("books.xml");

newel=xmlDoc.createElement("edition");

x=xmlDoc.getElementsByTagName("book")[0];
x.appendChild(newel);

document.write(x.getElementsByTagName("edition")[0].nodeName);

Output:

edition

Try it yourself »

Try-It-Yourself Demos

appendChild() - Append a child node to all <book> nodes


Node Object Reference Node Object
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