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Name

Document.createCDATASection( ) — create a new CDATASection node

Availability

DOM Level 1 Core

Synopsis

CDATASection createCDATASection(Stringdata) 
    throws DOMException;

Arguments

data: The text of the CDATASection to create.

Returns

A newly created CDATASection node, with the specified data as its contents.

Throws

If the document is an HTML document, this method throws a DOMException with a code of NOT_SUPPORTED_ERR because HTML documents do not allow CDATASection nodes.

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