The replaceData() method replaces data in a comment node.
Parameter | Description |
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start | Required. Specifies where to begin replacing characters. Start value starts at zero |
length | Required. Specifies how many characters to replace |
string | Required. Specifies the string to insert |
The following code fragment loads "books_comment.xml" into xmlDoc using loadXMLDoc() and replace "Simple" with "Easy" in the comment node of the first <book> element:
Output:
In the example above we use a loop and an if-test to make sure we only process comment nodes. A comment node has a node type of 8.