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Creates an attribute object with a specified name.

Syntax

oAttribute = document.createAttribute(sName)

Parameters

sName

Required. A String that sets the attribute object's name.

Return Value

Returns a reference to the new attribute object.

Remarks

createAttribute was introduced in Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.

This method will fail if the sName parameter value contains invalid (non-Unicode Transformation Format (UTF)-16) characters.

Standards Information

This method is defined in World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) Document Object Model (DOM) Level 1 .

Applies To

document