CharacterData: deleteData() method

The deleteData() method of the CharacterData interface removes all or part of the data from this CharacterData node.

Syntax

js

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

DOM

See also