hasAttribute

domref

hasAttribute

hasAttribute is a boolean value indicating whether the current element has the specified attribute or not.

Syntax
[ true | false ] = element.hasAttribute(attName)
 
Parameters

boolean true | false

attName is a string representing the name of the attribute

Example
// check that the attirbute exists // before you set a value d = document.getElementById("div1"); if d.hasAttribute("align") { d.setAttribute("align", "center"); }
Notes

None.

Specification
hasAttribute
 

// check that the attirbute exists // before you set a value d = document.getElementById("div1"); if d.hasAttribute("align") { d.setAttribute("align", "center"); }

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