XML DOM createProcessingInstruction() method

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Definition and usage

The createProcessingInstruction() method creates a ProcessingInstruction node.

Syntax:

createProcessingInstruction(target,data)
Parameters Description
target The target of the processing instruction.
data The content text of the processing instruction.

Return value

a newly created ProcessingInstruction node.

throws

If target If it contains illegal characters, an INVALID_CHARACTER_ERR code will be thrown. DOMException exception.

If it is an HTML document, processing instructions are not supported and a NOT_SUPPORTED_ERR code will be thrown. DOMException exception.

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