XML DOM isEqualNode()Methods


Node object

Definition and Usage

isEqualNode() method returns true if the node is equal to the given node, otherwise returns false.

Syntax

nodeObject.isEqualNode(node)

Parameter Description
node Required. The node to check.


Example

The following code snippet usesloadXMLDoc()put "books.xml" Load into xmlDoc, and check whether two nodes are equal:

xmlDoc=loadXMLDoc("books.xml");

x=xmlDoc.getElementsByTagName("book")[1];
y=xmlDoc.getElementsByTagName("book")[2];

document.write(x.isEqualNode(y));

Output:

false


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