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XML DOM isEqualNode() Method


Element Object Reference Element Object

Example

The following code fragment loads "books.xml" into xmlDoc and returns whether two nodes are equal:

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

function myFunction(xml) {
    var xmlDoc = xml.responseXML;
    var x = xmlDoc.getElementsByTagName('book')[0];
    var y = xmlDoc.getElementsByTagName('book')[2];
    document.getElementById("demo").innerHTML =
    x.isEqualNode(y);
}

Output:

false
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Definition and Usage

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

Syntax

elementObject.isEqualNode(node)

Parameter Description
node Required. The node to check

Element Object Reference Element Object