CharacterData: deleteData() method
The deleteData()
method of the CharacterData
interface
removes all or part of the data from this CharacterData
node.
Syntax
js
characterData.deleteData(offset, count)
Parameters
Return value
None.
Exceptions
IndexSizeError
DOMException
-
Thrown if
offset
is greater than the length of the contained data.
Example
html
<span>Result: </span>A long string.
js
const span = document.querySelector("span");
const textNode = span.nextSibling;
textNode.deleteData(1, 5);
Specifications
Specification |
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DOM Standard # dom-characterdata-deletedata |
Browser compatibility
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