Name

HTMLElement.getAttribute( ) — get an attribute value

Availability

Internet Explorer 4, Netscape 6

Synopsis

                  element.getAttribute(name)

Arguments

name

The name of the attribute.

Returns

The value of the named attribute of element or null if element does not have an attribute named name.

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