How to change the value of embed src with JavaScript?

Question

I have just begun to learn JS. I am trying to change the value of embed src in the tag present in my HTML code. But am unable to do so with the following code I\'ve written

Answer 1

It may depend on the browser and the type of the embedded object, how you have to change the object(for example there are special methods for flash-movies like Play() , but the object isn't a flash-movie at the begin)

A common way is to replace the whole embed-node with a new :

function showGame(whichgame){
  var source=whichgame.getAttribute("href");
  var game=document.getElementById("gameHolder");
  var clone=game.cloneNode(true);
  clone.setAttribute('src',source);
  game.parentNode.replaceChild(clone,game)
}