Re: I am confused with result of hasChildNotes() method of DOM

Hassan Schroeder <[email protected]> Mon, 16 Jun 2008 08:18:43 -0700
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ms_chetan wrote:

> This is the HTML code
> <td id="td2">
> <tr id="td3">

> The line "a.hasChildNodes()" should return TRUE because there is TR in
> that columns, but it is returning FALSE;
> 
> WHY????

Garbage in, garbage out -- a TD can't have a TR as a child. Using
invalid markup causes all kinds of interesting problems. :-)

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            <p>ms_chetan wrote:<br>
<br>
&gt; This is the HTML code<br>
&gt; &lt;td id=&quot;td2&quot;&gt;<br>
&gt; &lt;tr id=&quot;td3&quot;&gt;<br>
<br>
&gt; The line &quot;a.hasChildNodes(<wbr>)&quot; should return TRUE because there is TR in<br>
&gt; that columns, but it is returning FALSE;<br>
&gt; <br>
&gt; WHY????<br>
<br>
Garbage in, garbage out -- a TD can't have a TR as a child. Using<br>
invalid markup causes all kinds of interesting problems. :-)<br>
<br>
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