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cloneNode

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The cloneNode method returns a duplicate of the current node.

Syntax

dupNode = element.cloneNode(deep)
 

Parameters

deep is a boolean value indicating whether the clone is a deep clone or not (see notes below).

Example

p = document.getElementById("para1"); p_prime = p.cloneNode(true);

Notes

The duplicate node returned by cloneNode() has no parent. Cloning a node copies all of its attributes and their values but does not copy any of the text that the node contains, since that text is contained in a child Text node.

A deep clone is a clone in which the given node and the whole subtree beneath it (including the text that makes up any child Text nodes) is copied and returned.

Specification

cloneNode