getAttribute

Syntax:: element.getAttribute(name)

This method returns a string containing the value of the specified attribute.

If the named attribute does not have a specified or default value, this method returns null.

Examples

Code:

XML:



<States>


    <State

ref="FL" const="27">


       <name>Florida</name>


       <capital>Tallahassee</capital>


    </State>


    <State

ref="IA" const="29">


       <name>Iowa</name>


       <capital>Des Moines</capital>


    </State>


 </States>



JavaScript:



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


 xml_doc.async = false;


 xml_doc.load("states.xml");



 states = xml_doc.getElementsByTagName("State");


 n_states = states.length;


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


 {


    state = states.item(i);


    attr = state.getAttribute("ref");


    document.write(attr + "<br>");


 }

Output:

FL

IA

Explanation:

This example uses the 'states.xml' file. Firstly a NodeList is created of all the 'State' elements, and then the code iterates through them getting the value of the 'ref' attribute of each.

Primary links

XML DOM » Element » getAttribute

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Language(s): JavaScript XML