XML DOM deleteData()Methods


CDATA object

Definition and Usage

The deleteData() method removes data from a CDATA node.

Syntax

CDATANode.deleteData(start,length)

Parameter Description
start Required. Specifies where to start deleting data. The start value begins at 0.
length Required. Specifies how many characters to delete.


Example

The following code snippet usesloadXMLDoc()put "books_cdata.xmlLoad into xmlDoc, and delete some characters from the text node of the first <html> element (the "<b>" tag):

Example

xmlDoc=loadXMLDoc("books_cdata.xml");

x=xmlDoc.getElementsByTagName("html")[0].childNodes[0];

x.deleteData(0,3);
document.write(x.data);

Output:

Stunning!

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