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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

Node.removeChild( ) — remove (and return) the specified child of this node

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);
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