How do I tell if a DOM element is HTML or SVG?

Created Dec 23, 2013 Edited Dec 23, 2013

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I am writing a piece of infrastructure that needs to be applied differently to HTML elements versus SVG elements. Given a DOM node, how can I tell if it''s an SVG or HTML element?

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How do I tell if a DOM element is HTML or SVG?

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