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<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<body>
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<p id="p1">This is a paragraph</p>
<p id="p2">This is another paragraph</p>
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<p id="demo">请点击按钮来比较两个段落的位置。</p>
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<button onclick="myFunction()">试一下</button>
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<script>
function myFunction()
{
var p1=document.getElementById("p1").lastChild;
var p2=document.getElementById("p2").lastChild;
var x=document.getElementById("demo");
x.innerHTML=p1.compareDocumentPosition(p2);
}
</script>
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<p>
1: The two nodes do not belong to the same document.<br>
2: p1 is positioned after p2.<br>
4: p1 is positioned before p2.<br>
8: p1 is positioned inside p2.<br>
16: p2 is positioned inside p1.<br>
32: The two nodes has no relationship, or they are two attributes on the same element.
</p>
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<p><b>注释：</b>Internet Explorer 8 以及更早的版本不支持此方法。</p>
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<p><b>注释：</b>返回值可以是值的组合。例如，返回 20 意味着在 p2 在 p1 内部（16），并且 p1 在 p2 之前（4）。</p>
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</body>
</html>
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