Availability
DOM Level 1 Core
Synopsis
Node removeChild(Node oldChild)throws DOMException;
Arguments
oldChild
The child node to remove.
Returns
The node that was removed.
Throws
This method may throw a DOMException with the following
code values in the following circumstances:
NO_MODIFICATION_ALLOWED_ERR
This node is read-only and does not allow children to be removed. NOT_FOUND_ERR
oldChild is not a child of this node.
Description
This method removes the specified child from the
childNodes[] array of this node. It is an error to
call this method with a node that is not a child.
removeChild( ) returns the
oldChild node after removing it.
oldChild continues to be a valid node and
may be reinserted into the document later.
Example
You can delete the last child of the document body with this code:
document.body.removeChild(document.body.lastChild);
See Also
Node.appendChild( ), Node.insertBefore( ), Node.replaceChild( )
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Errata
JavaScript: The Definitive Guide, 4th Edition
By
David Flanagan
Publisher
: O'Reilly
Pub Date
: November 2001
ISBN
: 0-596-00048-0
Pages
: 936
Slots
: 1
This fourth edition of the definitive reference to
JavaScript, a scripting language that can be embedded
directly in web pages, covers the latest version of the
language, JavaScript 1.5, as supported by Netscape 6 and
Internet Explorer 6. The book also provides complete
coverage of the W3C DOM standard (Level 1 and Level 2),
while retaining material on the legacy Level 0 DOM for
backward compatibility.