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Selector Matched element Matched element after script execution
p <p class="foo">Hello world</p> <p>Hello world</p>
replaceWith()
Replaces each element in a set of HTML elements.
replaceWith(content)
Replaces each element in a set of HTML elements. Returns the result set.
content
A query result. This can be an HTML string or a result set.
Examples
Replace elements with a snippet
The following script loads a snippet and then replaces the elements matched by the script's
selector with the snippet.
var snippet = loadhtml('snippets/mysnippet.html');
results.replaceWith(snippet);
Replace elements with a set of snippets
The following script loads snippets and adds their elements to a new, empty result set (using
query()). Then it replaces a placeholder in the template with the set of snippets.
var chapters = query();
for ( var i = 1; i <= 4; i++) {
chapters = chapters.add(loadhtml('snippets/Chapter' + i +
'.html'));
}
results.replaceWith(chapters);
resource()
The resource() function returns information about an image resource. It can also be used to
check if a file exists.
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