XML DOM insertData() Method


❮ CDATA Object

Example

The following code fragment loads "books_cdata.xml" into xmlDoc and inserts data into the CDATA node of the first <html> element:

var xhttp = new XMLHttpRequest();
xhttp.onreadystatechange = function() {
   if (this.readyState == 4 && this.status == 200) {
       myFunction(this);
   }
};
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.insertData(3, "Wonderful and ");
    document.getElementById("demo").innerHTML =
    x.data;
}

Output:

Wonderful and Stunning!
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Definition and Usage

The insertData() method inserts data to a CDATA node.

Syntax

insertData(start,string)
Parameter Description
start Required. Specifies where to begin inserting characters. Start value starts at zero
string Required. Specifies the data to insert

❮ CDATA Object
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