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XML DOM removeChild() Method

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Definition and Usage

The removeChild() method removes a child node.

This function returns the removed node on success, or NULL on failure.

Syntax

elementNode.removeChild(node)

Parameter Description
node Required. Specifies the child node to remove

Example

The following code fragment loads "books.xml" into xmlDoc using loadXMLDoc() and removes a child node in the first <book> element:

Example

xmlDoc=loadXMLDoc("books.xml");

y=xmlDoc.getElementsByTagName("book")[0];
x=xmlDoc.documentElement.removeChild(y);

document.write("Removed node: " + x.nodeName);

Output:

Node removed: book

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removeChild() - Remove the last child node from a nodelist

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