data

Syntax:: characterData.data

This property contains the data for this node, depending on node type.

A string will be returned by nodes of type NODE_CDATA_SECTION, NODE_COMMENT and NODE_TEXT (see the Node object). The value of the data property for such nodes will be the same as that of the nodeValue property.

Examples

Code:

XML:



<Albums>


    <Album ref="CD142" category="Folk">


       <title>Boil The Breakfast Early</title>


       <artist>The Chieftains</artist>


    </Album>


    <Album ref="CD720" category="Pop">


       <title>Come On Over</title>


       <artist>Shania Twain</artist>


    </Album>


    <Album ref="CD024" category="Country">


       <title>Red Dirt Girl</title>


       <artist>Emmylou Harris</artist>


    </Album>


 </Albums>



JavaScript:



xml_doc = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLDOM");


 xml_doc.async = false;


 xml_doc.load("artists.xml");





 artists = xml_doc.getElementsByTagName("artist");


 n_artists = artists.length;


 for (i = 0; i < n_artists; i++)


    document.write(artists[i].firstChild.data + "<br>");

Output:

The Chieftains

 Shania Twain

 Emmylou Harris

Explanation:

This example uses the 'albums.xml' file and uses the data property to display the text of the various 'artist' elements.

Primary links

XML DOM » CharacterData » data

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Language(s): JavaScript XML