Gets an attribute specified with the name property by using the attributes collection.
Syntax
oGetName = attributes.getNamedItem(sGetName)
Parameters
| sGetName |
Required.
A String that specifies the name of the attribute to get. |
Return Value
Returns an attribute with the specified name.
Remarks
getNamedItem was introduced in Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.
If the attribute applies to an element but is not specified, this method returns the attribute with the specified name set to an empty string.
If the attribute does not apply to the element and is not specified, then an error is returned.
If the attribute does not apply to the element and is specified, then the attribute with the specified name is returned.
Example
The following example shows how to use the getNamedItem method to retrieve the value of an attribute.
<HTML>
<HEAD>
<SCRIPT>
function Init()
{
var oAttrColl = oElem.attributes;
var oAttr = oAttrColl.getNamedItem("align");
alert("ALIGN attribute value: " + oAttr.value);
}
</SCRIPT>
</HEAD>
<BODY >
<P ID="oElem" ALIGN="center">An element.</P>
</BODY>
</HTML>
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Standards Information
This method is defined in
World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) Document Object Model (DOM) Level 1 
.
Applies To