XML DOM » CharacterData » replaceData
- Syntax:
- characterData.replaceData(offset, count, data)
- offset
- Receives the index of the initial character where the replacement will begin.
- count
- Receives the number of characters to be replaced beginning at offset.
- data
- Receives the strnig data that will replace the characters beginning at offset.
This method replaces the characters from the specified offset with the supplied string data.
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>
VBScript:
Set objXMLDoc = CreateObject("Microsoft.XMLDOM")
objXMLDoc.async = False
objXMLDoc.load("albums.xml")
Set Elem = objXMLDoc.documentElement.firstChild.firstChild
Set Text = Elem.firstChild
Text.replaceData 9, 9, "Dinner"
document.write(Text.Data)Output:
Boil The Dinner EarlyExplanation:
In this example, the 'albums.xml' file is loaded and the word 'Breakfast' in the 'title' element of the first 'album' is replaced with 'Dinner'.
Language(s): VBScript XML
