XML DOM createTextNode()Methods


Document object

Definition and Usage

The createTextNode() method creates a text node.

This method returns a Text object.

Syntax

createTextNode(text)

Parameter Description
text A string that specifies the text of the node.


Example

The following code snippet usesloadXMLDoc()put "books.xml"Load into xmlDoc, and add element nodes with text nodes to each <book> element:

Example

xmlDoc=loadXMLDoc("books.xml"); x=xmlDoc.getElementsByTagName("book"); for (i=0;i<x.length;i++) { newel=xmlDoc.createElement("edition"); newtext=xmlDoc.createTextNode("first"); newel.appendChild(newtext); x[i].appendChild(newel); } //Output all title and edition y=xmlDoc.getElementsByTagName("title"); z=xmlDoc.getElementsByTagName("edition"); for (i=0;i<y.length;i++) { document.write(y[i].childNodes[0].nodeValue); document.write(" - Edition: "); document.write(z[i].childNodes[0].nodeValue); document.write("<br>"); }

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