Creates an attribute object with a specified name.

Syntax

oAttribute = document.createAttribute(sName)

Parameters

sName

Required. String that sets the attribute object's name.

Return Value

Returns a reference to the new attribute object.

Remarks

This method will fail if the sName parameter value contains invalid (non Unicode transformation format (UTF)-16) characters .

Standards Information

This method is defined in World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) Document Object Model (DOM) Level 1 .

Applies To

	document