The normalize Method

The normalize Method

The normalize method enables you to merge adjacent text nodes in a document into a single node. Sometimes, when you're inserting text nodes into a document, you can end up with two or more side by side. That's not a problem for HTML browsers, but it can be for XML browsers. To fix this problem, you can merge adjacent text nodes with the normalize method. You can see the support for this method in Table 6.34.

Table 6.34. The normalize Method

Method	NS2	NS3	NS4	NS6	IE3a	IE3b	IE4	IE5	IE5.5	IE6
normalize()				x						x
	No return value