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XML DOM createElement() Method


Document Object Reference Complete Document Object Reference

Definition and Usage

The createElement() method creates an element node.

This method returns an Element object.

Syntax

createElement(name)

Parameter Description
name A string that specifies the name for the element node


Example

The following code fragment loads "books.xml" into xmlDoc using loadXMLDoc() and adds an element node with a containing text node to each <book> element:

Example

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);
}

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