The removeNamedItem()
method of the NamedNodeMap
interface removes the Attr
corresponding to the given name from the map.
NamedNodeMap.removeNamedItem()
Syntax
removeNamedItem(attrName);
Parameters
-
attrName
-
The name of the attribute to remove from the map.
Return value
The removed Attr
.
Exceptions
-
NotFoundError
DOMException
-
Thrown if there is no attribute with the given name.
Example
<pre test="testValue"></pre>
const pre = document.getElementsByTagName("pre")[0]; const attrMap = pre.attributes; let result = "The `test` attribute initially contains `" + attrMap["test"].value + "`.\n"; result += "We remove it.\n\n"; attrMap.removeNamedItem("test"); if (attrMap.getNamedItem("test")) { result += "And `test` still exists."; } else { result += "And `test` is no more to be found."; } pre.textContent = result;
Specification
Specification |
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DOM Standard # dom-namednodemap-removenameditem |
Browser compatibility
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removeNamedItem |
1
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12
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1
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6
|
≤12.1
|
1
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1
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18
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4
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≤12.1
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1
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1.0
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