XML DOM createComment() Method

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Definition and Usage

The createComment() method creates a comment node.

This method returns a Comment object.

Syntax

createComment(data)

Example

The following code fragment loads "books.xml" into xmlDoc using loadXMLDoc() and adds a comment node to the <book> element:

xmlDoc=loadXMLDoc("books.xml");

x=xmlDoc.getElementsByTagName('book');
var newComment,newtext;
newtext="Revised April 2008";

for (i=0;i<x.length;i++)
{
newComment=xmlDoc.createComment(newtext);
x[i].appendChild(newComment);
}

Try-It-Yourself Demos

createComment() - Create a comment node

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