XML DOM substringData() Method

❮ Text Object

Example

The following code fragment loads "books.xml" into xmlDoc and gets a fragment from the text node of the first <title> element:

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

function myFunction(xml) {
    var xmlDoc = xml.responseXML;
    var x = xmlDoc.getElementsByTagName("title")[0].childNodes[0];
    var y = x.substringData(9, 7);
    document.getElementById("demo").innerHTML =
    x.nodeValue + "<br>" + y;
}

Output:

Everyday Italian
Italian

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Definition and Usage

The substringData() method gets data from the text node.

Syntax

substringData(start,length)

Parameter	Description
start	Required. Specifies where to begin extracting characters. Start value starts at zero
length	Required. Specifies how many characters to extract

❮ Text Object

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