XML DOM removeChild() method
Definition and usage
removeChild()
Method to remove child nodes.
On success, the function returns the node removed, on failure it returns NULL
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Syntax
elementNode.removeChild(node)
Parameter | Description |
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node | Required. Specifies the child node to be removed. |
Instance
Example 1
The following code loads "books.xml" into xmlDoc and removes the child nodes of the first <book> element:
var xhttp = new XMLHttpRequest(); xhttp.onreadystatechange = function() { if (this.readyState == 4 && this.status == 200) { myFunction(this); } }; xhttp.open("GET", "books.xml", true); xhttp.send(); function myFunction(xml) { var xmlDoc = xml.responseXML; var y = xmlDoc.getElementsByTagName("book")[0]; var x = xmlDoc.documentElement.removeChild(y); document.getElementById("demo").innerHTML = 已删除节点: " + x.nodeName; }
Example 2
From the node list, remove the last child node:
var xhttp = new XMLHttpRequest(); xhttp.onreadystatechange = function() { if (this.readyState == 4 && this.status == 200) { myFunction(this); } }; xhttp.open("GET", "books.xml", true); xhttp.send(); function myFunction(xml) { var xmlDoc = xml.responseXML; var len = xmlDoc.getElementsByTagName('book').length; var y = xmlDoc.getElementsByTagName("book")[len-1]; var x = xmlDoc.documentElement.removeChild(y); document.getElementById("demo").innerHTML = 已删除节点: " + x.nodeName; }