JavaScript Pocket Reference

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JavaScript Pocket Reference

open()

Deletes existing document content and opens a stream to

which new document contents may be written. Returns

nothing. JS 1.0.

write(value, ...)

Inserts the specified string or strings into the document

currently being parsed or appends to document opened with

open(). Returns nothing. JS 1.0.

writeln(value, ...)

Identical to write(), except that it appends a newline char-

acter to the output. Returns nothing. JS 1.0

W3C DOM Methods

In DOM-compliant browsers, the Document object inherits the

methods of Node, and defines the following additional methods.

createAttribute(name)

Returns a newly-created Attr node with the specified name.

createComment(text)

Creates and returns a new Comment node containing the

specified text.

createDocumentFragment()

Creates and returns an empty DocumentFragment node.

createElement(tagName)

Creates and returns a new Element node with the specified

tag name.

createTextNode(text)

Creates and returns a new Text node that contains the speci-

fied

text.

getElementById(id)

Returns the Element of this document that has the specified

value for its

id attribute, or null if no such Element exists in

the document.

getElementsByName(name)

Returns an array of nodes of all elements in the document

that have a specified value for their

name attribute. If no such

elements are found, returns a zero-length array.