XML DOM removeAttribute()Methods
Element object
Definition and Usage
removeAttribute() method removes the specified attribute.
If the default value of an attribute is defined in the DTD, then the new attribute will appear with that default value.
Syntax
elementNode.removeAttribute(name)
| Parameter | Description |
|---|---|
| name | Required. Specifies the attribute to be deleted. |
Example
The following code snippet usesloadXMLDoc()put "books.xmlLoad into xmlDoc and remove the "category" attribute of all <book> elements:
Example
xmlDoc=loadXMLDoc("books.xml");
x=xmlDoc.getElementsByTagName('book');
document.write(x[0].getAttribute('category'));
document.write("<br>");
x[0].removeAttribute('category');
document.write(x[0].getAttribute('category'));
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