document.createAttribute("foo");

for example, and out you will get a new attribute object. The value of the attribute is an empty string. Its name will be "foo" in this example.

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Learn more about the DOM in Columns 40, The DOM, Part I: Analysis, through Column 47, A DOM-Based Snakes Game, Part II.

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