HTML | DOM Quote cite Property

Last Updated : 30 Nov, 2019

The HTML DOM Quote cite Property is used to set or return the cite attribute of a quotation. The cite attribute specifies the source URL of a quotation.

Syntax:

It returns the cite property.
```
quoteObject.cite 
```
It is used to set the cite property
```
quoteObject.cite = URL 
```

Property Values: It contains single value URL which is used to specify the URL of the quotation. The possible value of the URL are:

Absolute URL: It is used to point out other websites (like cite. =”https://www.geeksforgeeks.org”)
Relative URL: It is used to point out the page within the website. (like =”page.html”)

Return Value: It returns string value which representing the URL of the source document.

Example 1:

<!DOCTYPE html>  
<html>  
    <head>  
        <title>  
            HTML DOM Quote cite Property  
        </title>  
    </head>  
      
    <body>  
        <h1>GeeksforGeeks</h1>  
          
        <h2>DOM Quote cite Property</h2>  
          
        <q id = "GFG" cite = "geeksforgeeks.org">  
            GeeksforGeeks  
        </q>  
        <br><br>  
  
        <button onclick = "Geeks()">  
            Submit  
        </button>  
          
        <p id = "sudo"></p>  
          
        <script>  
            function Geeks() {  
                var ct = document.getElementById("GFG").cite;  
                document.getElementById("sudo").innerHTML = ct;  
            }  
        </script>  
    </body>  
</html>                              

Output:

Before clicking on the Button:
After clicking on the Button:

Example 2:

<!DOCTYPE html>  
<html>  
    <head>  
        <title>  
            HTML DOM Quote cite Property  
        </title>  
    </head>  
      
    <body>  
        <h1>GeeksforGeeks</h1>  
          
        <h2>DOM Quote cite Property</h2>  
          
        <q id = "GFG" cite = "Finecomb.com">  
            GeeksforGeeks  
        </q>  
        <br><br>  
  
        <button onclick = "Geeks()">  
            Submit  
        </button>  
          
        <p id = "sudo"></p>  
          
        <script>  
            function Geeks() {  
                var ct = document.getElementById("GFG").cite 
                         = "www.geeksforgeeks.org";  
  
                document.getElementById("sudo").innerHTML 
                     = "The cite was changed to " + ct;  
            }  
        </script>  
    </body>  
</html>                              