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selectNode method
Select a node and its contents
selectNode(refNode )
Parameters
NoderefNode
The node to select.
Returns
void
Throws
RangeException
INVALID_NODE_TYPE_ERR: Raised if an ancestor of refNode is an Entity, Notation or DocumentType node or if refNode is a Document, DocumentFragment, Attr, Entity, or Notation node.
DOMException
INVALID_STATE_ERR: Raised if detach() has already been invoked on this object.
WRONG_DOCUMENT_ERR: Raised if refNode was created from a different document than the one that created this range.