removeChild

Syntax:: node.removeChild(oldChild)

This method removes the specified node from the list of children and returns it.

Examples

Code:

XML:



<names>


    <name>Alice</name>


    <name>Bert</name>


    <name>Charlie</name>


    <name>Diane</name>


    <name>Eric</name>


 </names>



VBScript:



Set objXMLDoc = CreateObject("Microsoft.XMLDOM")


 objXMLDoc.async = False


 objXMLDoc.load("names.xml")



 Set objRoot = objXMLDoc.documentElement


 Set objExNode = objRoot.removeChild(objRoot.childNodes.item(2))


 objRoot.appendChild(objExNode)



 Set objNodeList = objXMLDoc.getElementsByTagName("name")


 For Each elem in objNodeList


    document.write(elem.firstChild.nodeValue & "<br>")


 Next

Output:

Alice

 Bert

 Diane

 Eric

 Charlie

Explanation:

Using the 'names.xml' file this example removes the third 'name' element (Charlie) from the NodeList of the root element's children and appends it to the end. The code then iterates through the Node collection displaying the value of the first child (the text node) of each.

Primary links

XML DOM » Node » removeChild

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Language(s): VBScript XML