The replaceChild() method replaces a specified node.
The nodeValue property replaces text in a text node.
The examples below use the XML file books.xml.
A function, loadXMLDoc(), in an external JavaScript is used to load the XML file.
Replace an element node
This example uses replaceChild() to replace the first <book> node.
Replace data in a text node
This example uses the nodeValue property to replace data in a text node.
The replaceChild() method is used to replace a node.
The following code fragment replaces the first <book> element:
Example explained:
The replaceData() method is used to replace data in a text node.
The replaceData() method has three parameters:
Example explained:
It is easier to replace the data in a text node using the nodeValue property.
The following code fragment will replace the text node value in the first <title> element with "Easy Italian":
Example explained:
You can read more about changing node values in the Change Node chapter.
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