XML DOM isSameNode()Methods


Element object

Definition and Usage

The isSameNode() method checks whether the specified node is the same node as an existing node.

Returns TRUE if the two nodes are the same, otherwise returns FALSE.

Syntax

elementNode.isSameNode(node)

Parameter Description
node Required. The node to check.


Example

The following code snippet usesloadXMLDoc()put "books.xml" Load into xmlDoc and check whether the two nodes are the same node:

Example

xmlDoc=loadXMLDoc("books.xml");

x=xmlDoc.getElementsByTagName("book")[0];
y=xmlDoc.getElementsByTagName("book")[1];

document.write(x.isSameNode(y));

Output:

false

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