CharacterData: replaceData() method
Baseline Widely available
This feature is well established and works across many devices and browser versions. It’s been available across browsers since July 2015.
The replaceData()
method of the CharacterData
interface removes a certain number of characters of the existing text in a given CharacterData
node and replaces those characters with the text provided.
Syntax
js
replaceData(offset, count, data)
Parameters
Return value
None.
Exceptions
IndexSizeError
DOMException
-
Thrown if
offset
orcount
is negative oroffset
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.replaceData(2, 4, "replaced");
Specifications
Specification |
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DOM # dom-characterdata-replacedata |
Browser compatibility
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