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XML DOM insertData() Method


CDATA Object Reference 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 (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.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 Reference CDATA Object