Javascript Reference - HTML DOM getAttributeNode() Method

The getAttributeNode() method returns the attribute with the specified name, as an Attr object.

Browser Support


`getAttributeNode`	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes

Syntax

element.getAttributeNode(attributename)

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Description
attributename	String	Required. The name of the attribute

Return Value

It return a Attr object type value.

Example

The following code shows how to get the target attribute of a link.


<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<body>
a href="http://example" target="_blank">test</a>.
<p id="demo">test</p>
<button onclick="myFunction()">test</button>
<!-- www  .  j a  v  a 2  s.  c om-->
<script>
function myFunction()
{
    var a=document.getElementsByTagName("a")[0];
    var x=document.getElementById("demo");
    x.innerHTML=a.getAttributeNode("target").value;
}
</script>

</body>
</html>

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