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XML DOM deleteData() Method


CDATA Object Reference CDATA Object

Example

The following code fragment loads "books_cdata.xml" into xmlDoc and deletes some characters (the "<b>" tag) from the text node of the first <html> element:

var xhttp = new XMLHttpRequest();
xhttp.onreadystatechange = function() {
    if (xhttp.readyState == 4 && xhttp.status == 200) {
        myFunction(xhttp);
    }
};
xhttp.open("GET", "books_cdata.xml", true);
xhttp.send();

function myFunction(xml) {
    var xmlDoc = xml.responseXML;
    var x = xmlDoc.getElementsByTagName("html")[0].childNodes[0];
    x.deleteData(0, 3);
    document.getElementById("demo").innerHTML =
    x.data;
}

Output:

Stunning!
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Definition and Usage

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

Syntax

CDATANode.deleteData(start,length)
Parameter Description
start Required. Specifies where to begin removing characters. Start value starts at zero
length Required. Specifies how many characters to delete

CDATA Object Reference CDATA Object