XML DOM removeAttributeNode() Method

Complete Element Object Reference

Definition and Usage

The removeAttributeNode() method removes a specified attribute node.

If a default value for the attribute is defined in a DTD, a new attribute immediately appears with the default value.

This function returns the removed attribute node.

Syntax

elementNode.removeAttributeNode(node)

Example

The following code fragment loads "books.xml" into xmlDoc using loadXMLDoc() and removes the "category" attribute nodes from all <book> elements:

xmlDoc=loadXMLDoc("books.xml");

x=xmlDoc.getElementsByTagName('book');

for(i=0;i<x.length;i++)
{
attnode=x.item(i).getAttributeNode("category");
old_att=x.item(i).removeAttributeNode(attnode);
document.write("Removed attribute: " + old_att.name + "<br />");
}

Output:

Removed attribute: category
Removed attribute: category
Removed attribute: category
Removed attribute: category

Try-It-Yourself Demos

removeAttributeNode() - Remove an attribute node

Complete Element Object Reference

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