XML DOM getElementsByTagNameNS() Method

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# XML DOM getElementsByTagNameNS() Method

Document Object

## Definition and Usage

The getElementsByTagNameNS() method returns a NodeList of all elements with the specified name and namespace.

## Syntax

getElementsByTagNameNS(ns,name)

Parameter | Description
--- | ---
ns | A string that specifies the namespace name to search for. The value "*" matches all tags
name | A string that specifies the tagname to search for. The value "*" matches all tags

## Example

The following code fragment loads "books.xml" into xmlDoc using loadXMLDoc() and adds an element node with a namespace to each <book> element:

## Example

xmlDoc=loadXMLDoc("books.xml");
x=xmlDoc.getElementsByTagName('book');
var newel,newtext;
for (i=0;i<x.length;i++)
{
newel=xmlDoc.createElementNS('p','edition');
newtext=xmlDoc.createTextNode('First');
newel.appendChild(newtext);
x[i].appendChild(newel);
}
//Output all titles and editions
y=xmlDoc.getElementsByTagName("title");
z=xmlDoc.getElementsByTagNameNS("p","edition");
for (i=0;i<y.length;i++)
{
document.write(y[i].childNodes[0].nodeValue);
document.write(" - ");
document.write(z[i].childNodes[0].nodeValue);
document.write(" edition");
document.write("
");
}
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