ProcessingInstruction: hasAttribute() method

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The hasAttribute() method of the ProcessingInstruction interface returns a boolean value indicating whether the specified element has the specified attribute or not.

Syntax

js
hasAttribute(name)

Parameters

name

A string representing the name of the attribute.

Return value

A boolean.

Examples

Basic usage

js
const pi = document.createProcessingInstruction("start", 'name="placeholder"');

console.log(pi.hasAttribute("name"));
// logs:
// true

Specifications

Specification
DOM
# dom-processinginstruction-hasattribute

Browser compatibility

See also