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XML DOM createTextNode() Method


Document Object Reference Document Object

Example

The following code fragment loads "books.xml" into xmlDoc and adds an element node with a containing text node to each <book> element:

var xhttp = new XMLHttpRequest();
xhttp.onreadystatechange = function() {
��� if (xhttp.readyState == 4 && xhttp.status == 200) {
������� myFunction(xhttp);
��� }
};
xhttp.open("GET", "books.xml", true);
xhttp.send();

function myFunction(xml) {
    var x, y, z, i, xLen, yLen, newEle, newText, xmlDoc, txt;
    xmlDoc = xml.responseXML;
    txt = "";
    x = xmlDoc.getElementsByTagName("book");
    xLen = x.length;
    // Create element nodes and text nodes
    for (i = 0; i < xLen; i++) {
        newEle = xmlDoc.createElement("edition");
        newText = xmlDoc.createTextNode("first");
        newEle.appendChild(newText);
        x[i].appendChild(newEle);
    }
    // Output all titles and editions
    y = xmlDoc.getElementsByTagName("title");
    yLen = y.length
    z = xmlDoc.getElementsByTagName("edition");
    for (i = 0; i < yLen; i++) {
        txt += y[i].childNodes[0].nodeValue +
        " - Edition: " +
       z[i].childNodes[0].nodeValue + "<br>";
    }
    document.getElementById("demo").innerHTML = txt;
}
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Definition and Usage

The createTextNode() method creates a text node.

This method returns a Text object.

Syntax

createTextNode(text)

Parameter Description
text A string that specifies the text for the node

Document Object Reference Document Object