Tech Stuff - name attribute

W3C Core Reference. Part of the Attr Interface

name attribute

Returns a string containing the name of the attribute such as "id" or "nodeName".

Syntax

string = element.attributes[x].name

Related Stuff

Parameters

None

Examples

// get NamedNodeMap of all element's attributes
map = document.getElementById("one").attributes;

// use NamedNodeMap methods or attributes to access
for(i = 0; i < map.length; i++)
{
  // place attribute name in array
  attr[i] = map[i].name + "=" + map[i].value;
}

Notes:

The first example gets a reference to an existing element with id="one", and obtains a list of its attributes in map. The 'for' loop then places the attribute names and values in the array attr. The second example uses the getNamedItem method to return a

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