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Node Object
Definition and Usage
The appendChild() method appends a new child node to the end of the list of children of a node.
This method returns the new child node.
Syntax
appendChild(newchild)
| Parameter | Description |
|---|---|
| newchild | The node to append |
Example
The following code fragment loads "books.xml" into xmlDoc using loadXMLDoc() and creates a node (<edition>), and adds it after the last child of the first <book> node:
Example
xmlDoc=loadXMLDoc("books.xml");
newel=xmlDoc.createElement("edition");
x=xmlDoc.getElementsByTagName("book")[0];
x.appendChild(newel);
document.write(x.getElementsByTagName("edition")[0].nodeName);
newel=xmlDoc.createElement("edition");
x=xmlDoc.getElementsByTagName("book")[0];
x.appendChild(newel);
document.write(x.getElementsByTagName("edition")[0].nodeName);
Output:
edition
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appendChild() - Append a child node to all <book> nodes
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