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# XML DOM hasAttributes() Method
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## Definition and Usage
The hasAttributes() method returns true if the node has any attributes, otherwise it returns false.
## Syntax
nodeObject.hasAttributes()
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## Example
The following code snippet uses [loadXMLDoc()](#) to load "[books.xml](#)" into xmlDoc and returns whether the first element has any attributes:
## Example
xmlDoc=loadXMLDoc("books.xml");
x=xmlDoc.getElementsByTagName('book');
document.write(x.hasAttributes());
Output:
true
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