XML DOM substringData() Method


CDATA Object Reference CDATA Object

Definition and Usage

The substringData() method gets a string from the CDATA node.

Syntax

CDATANode.substringData(start,length)

Parameter Description
start Required. Specifies where to begin extracting characters. Start value starts at zero
length Required. Specifies how many characters to extract


Example

The following code fragment loads "books_cdata.xml" into xmlDoc using loadXMLDoc() and gets the "Stun" string form the first CDATA element:

Example

xmlDoc=loadXMLDoc("books_cdata.xml");

x=xmlDoc.getElementsByTagName("html")[0].childNodes[0]

y=x.substringData(3,4);

document.write(x.nodeValue);
document.write("
");
document.write(y);

Output:

Stunning!
Stun

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CDATA Object Reference CDATA Object

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