deleteData

Syntax:: characterData.deleteData(offset, count)
offset: Receives the index of the initial character in the substring to delete.
count: Receives the number of characters to be deleted beginning at offset.

This method is used to remove the specified range of characters from string data.

The deleteData method is used to remove the specified range of characters from string data. The two parameters specify the index of the initial character of the substring to delete, and the number of characters respectively. If this range goes beyond the end of the string, only those characters to the end of the string are deleted. The data and length properties are both immediately updated by this method.

Examples

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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 tef="CD024" category="Country">


       <title>Red Dirt Girl</title>


       <artist>Emmylou Harris</artist>


    </Album>


 </Albums>



VBScript:




Set objXMLDoc = CreateObject("Microsoft.XMLDOM")


 objXMLDoc.async = False


 objXMLDoc.load("albums.xml")





 Set Elem = objXMLDoc.documentElement.firstChild.firstChild.firstChild


 Elem.deleteData 5, 4


 document.write(Elem.data)

Output:

Boil Breakfast Early

Explanation:

In this example we use the 'albums.xml' file and delete the word 'The ' from the 'title' of the first 'album' element.

Primary links

XML DOM » CharacterData » deleteData

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Language(s): VBScript XML