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XML DOM replaceData() Method


< CDATA Object

Example

The following code fragment loads "books_cdata.xml" into xmlDoc and replace "Stunning" with "Fantastic" in the CDATA node of the first <html> element:

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

function myFunction(xml) {
    var xmlDoc = xml.responseXML;
    var x = xmlDoc.getElementsByTagName("html")[0].childNodes[0];
    x.replaceData(3, 8, "Fantastic");
    document.getElementById("demo").innerHTML =
    x.data;
}

Output:

Fantastic!
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Definition and Usage

The replaceData() method replaces data in a CDATA node.

Syntax

CDATANode.replaceData(start,length,string)
Parameter Description
start Required. Specifies where to begin replacing characters. Start value starts at zero
length Required. Specifies how many characters to replace
string Required. Specifies the string to insert

< CDATA Object