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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. 0 is the first character of the string.

count

The number of bytes to remove.

Return value

None.

Exceptions

IndexSizeError DOMException

Thrown if offset is 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

Browser compatibility

Desktop Mobile
Chrome Edge Firefox Internet Explorer Opera Safari WebView Android Chrome Android Firefox for Android Opera Android Safari on IOS Samsung Internet
deleteData 1 12 1 6 ≤12.1 1 4.4 18 4 ≤12.1 1 1.0

See also

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https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/CharacterData/deleteData