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JavaScript: The Definitive Guide, Fourth Edition
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JavaScript: The Definitive Guide, Fourth Edition

by David Flanagan
November 2001
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
936 pages
68h 43m
English
O'Reilly Media, Inc.
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Name

Element.hasAttribute( ) — determine whether this element has a specified attribute

Availability

DOM Level 2 Core

Synopsis

boolean hasAttribute(String name);

Arguments

name

The name of the desired attribute.

Returns

true if this element has a specified or default value for the named attribute, and false otherwise.

Description

This method determines whether an element has an attribute with the specified name, but does not return the value of that attribute. Note that hasAttribute( ) returns true if the named attribute is explicitly specified in the document and also if the named attribute has a default value specified by the document type.

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Publisher Resources

ISBN: 0596000480Supplemental ContentCatalog PageErrata