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Creating dynamic SVG elements in JavaScript

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While I was working on a HTML5 project I found this problem of creating SVG (Scalable Vector Graphics) elements
dynamically in JavaScript. For example creating vector circles inside a for loop and adding them to the page. HTML5
supports inline SVG, so you can directly use <svg>your code</svg> inside <body> to create vector graphics. But I had the task of creating them in the script. So I have put forward a small example and here is how to do it.

To create a vector circle of radius 50,

var svgNS = "http://www.w3.org/2000/svg";

var myCircle = document.createElementNS(svgNS,"circle");
myCircle.setAttributeNS(null,"id","mycircle");
myCircle.setAttributeNS(null,"cx",100);
myCircle.setAttributeNS(null,"cy",100);
myCircle.setAttributeNS(null,"r",50);
myCircle.setAttributeNS(null,"fill","black");
myCircle.setAttributeNS(null,"stroke","none");

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