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Generating HTML On the Fly



<html>
<head>
<title>Dynamically Generated HTML</title>
<script language="JavaScript">
function initializeDiv() {
 div = document.getElementById("testdiv")
}
function insertElement() {
 var tagIX = document.forms["genform"].elements["elementType"].selectedIndex;
 var tagName = "p";
 if(tagIX == 1
    tagName = "h1";
 else if(tagIX == 2
    tagName = "blockquote";
 else if(tagIX == 3
    tagName = "pre";
    
 var text = document.forms["genform"].elements["ta"].value;
 var newElement = document.createElement(tagName);
 var newText = document.createTextNode(text);
 newElement.appendChild(newText);
 div.appendChild(newElement);
}

function deleteElement() {
 if(div.hasChildNodes()) {
      var children = div.childNodes;
      var n = children.length - 1;
      var lastChild = children.item(n);
      div.removeChild(lastChild);
 }
}
</script>
</head>
<body onload="initializeDiv()">
<h1 align="center">Dynamically Generated HTML</h1>
<hr align="center">
<div id="testdiv">
</div>
<hr align="center">
<form name="genform">
<p>
<b>Tag: </b>
<select name="elementType" size="1">
<option selected="true">P
<option>H1
<option>BLOCKQUOTE
<option>PRE
</select>
<input type="button" value="Insert element" onclick="insertElement()">
<input type="button" value="Delete element" onclick="deleteElement()"></p>
<textarea name="ta" rows="5" cols="40">
Sample text
</textarea>
</form>
</body>
</html>

           
       



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