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JScript Check if element exists and remove it

rated 0 times [ 172] [ 4] / answers: 1 / hits: 33077 / 11 Years ago, wed, february 5, 2014, 12:00:00

I'm trying to write a simple function in javascript to check if an element exists in the DOM and if it does remove, and if it doesn't, append it to the page, so far i've got this

        if document.contains(document.getElementById(submitbutton) {

            document.getElementById(submitbutton).remove();

}   else {

        lastDiv.appendChild(submitButton);  

        }

(lastDiv is just the div I want to append the div 'submitButton' to)
Yet i'm getting the error Uncaught ReferenceError: myFunction is not defined

Any help?
I'm aware this is a very newbie question, sorry about that

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answered 11 Years ago lesli · Accepted Answer

There is a syntax error in the code, if statements require parens

if (document.contains(document.getElementById(submitbutton))) {

            document.getElementById(submitbutton).remove();

}   else {

        lastDiv.appendChild(submitButton);  

}