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at August 19, 2011 22:16 by alberomo


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function displayCitations() {
	var quotes = document.getElementsByTagName("blockquote");
	for (var i=0; i<quotes.length; i++) {
		if (!quotes[i].getAttribute("cite")) continue;
		var url = quotes[i].getAttribute("cite");
		var quoteChildren = quotes[i].getElementsByTagName("*");
		var quoteChildren = quotes[i].getElementsByTagName('*');
		if (quoteChildren.length < 1) continue;
		var elem = quoteChildren[quoteChildren.length - 1];
		var link = document.createElement("a");
		var link_text = document.createTextNode("source");
		link.appendChild(link_text);
		link.setAttribute("href",url);
		var superscript = document.createElement("sup");
		superscript.appendChild(link);	
		elem.appendChild(superscript);
	}
}

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Initial Description
JS function that add a link included in the cite attribute of the blackquote HTML element as sup element close to the blackquote. Takes no argument.

From book Dom Scripting by Jeremy Keith.

Initial Title
displayCitations function manual

Initial Tags
javascript

Initial Language
JavaScript