XML DOM substringData()Methods

CDATA object

Definition and Usage

The substringData() method retrieves a string from a CDATA node.

Syntax

CDATANode.substringData(start,length)

Parameter Description
start Required. Specifies where to start extracting characters. The start value begins at 0.
length Required. Specifies how many characters to extract.

Example

The following code snippet usesloadXMLDoc()put "books_cdata.xmlLoad into xmlDoc, and get the "Stun" string from the first CDATA element:

Example

xmlDoc=loadXMLDoc("books_cdata.xml");

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

y=x.substringData(3,4);

document.write(x.nodeValue);
document.write("
");
document.write(y);

Output:

Stunning!
Stun

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