CharacterData: deleteData() method
The deleteData() method of the CharacterData interface
removes all or part of the data from this CharacterData node.
Syntax
js
characterData.deleteData(offset, count)
Parameters
offset-
The number of bytes from the start of the data to remove from.
0is the first character of the string. count-
The number of bytes to remove.
Return value
None.
Exceptions
IndexSizeErrorDOMException-
Thrown if
offsetis greater than the length of the contained data.
Example
html
<span>Result: </span>A long string.
js
const span = document.querySelector("span");
const textnode = span.nextSibling;
textnode.deleteData(1, 5);
Specifications
| Specification |
|---|
| DOM Standard # dom-characterdata-deletedata |
Browser compatibility
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