remove_child method

remove_child(old_child)

Removes the specified child node.

def remove_child(self, old_child: aspose.words.Node):
    ...

Parameter	Type	Description
old_child	Node	The node to remove.

Remarks

The parent of oldChild is set toNone after the node is removed.

Returns

The removed node.

Examples

Shows how to use of methods of Node and CompositeNode to remove a section before the last section in the document.

doc = aw.Document()
builder = aw.DocumentBuilder(doc=doc)
builder.writeln('Section 1 text.')
builder.insert_break(aw.BreakType.SECTION_BREAK_CONTINUOUS)
builder.writeln('Section 2 text.')
# Both sections are siblings of each other.
last_section = doc.last_child.as_section()
first_section = last_section.previous_sibling.as_section()
# Remove a section based on its sibling relationship with another section.
if last_section.previous_sibling != None:
    doc.remove_child(first_section)
# The section we removed was the first one, leaving the document with only the second.
self.assertEqual('Section 2 text.', doc.get_text().strip())

See Also

• module aspose.words
• class CompositeNode