XmlElement::RemoveAttribute Method (String^)

 

Removes an attribute by name.

Namespace:   System.Xml
Assembly:  System.Xml (in System.Xml.dll)

public:
virtual void RemoveAttribute(
	String^ name
)

Parameters

name
Type: System::String^

The name of the attribute to remove.This is a qualified name. It is matched against the Name property of the matching node.

Exception Condition
ArgumentException

The node is read-only.

If the removed attribute is known to have a default value, an attribute immediately appears containing the default value and, if applicable, the corresponding namespace URI, local name, and prefix.

The following example removes an attribute from an element.

#using <System.Xml.dll>

using namespace System;
using namespace System::IO;
using namespace System::Xml;
int main()
{
   XmlDocument^ doc = gcnew XmlDocument;
   doc->LoadXml( "<book genre='novel' ISBN='1-861001-57-5'><title>Pride And Prejudice</title></book>" );
   XmlElement^ root = doc->DocumentElement;

   // Remove the genre attribute.
   root->RemoveAttribute( "genre" );
   Console::WriteLine( "Display the modified XML..." );
   Console::WriteLine( doc->InnerXml );
}

Universal Windows Platform
Available since 10
.NET Framework
Available since 1.1
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