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Created April 14, 2014 16:13
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Convert SVG polygon element to path element.
var polys = document.querySelectorAll('polygon,polyline');
[].forEach.call(polys,convertPolyToPath);
function convertPolyToPath(poly){
var svgNS = poly.ownerSVGElement.namespaceURI;
var path = document.createElementNS(svgNS,'path');
var points = poly.getAttribute('points').split(/\s+|,/);
var x0=points.shift(), y0=points.shift();
var pathdata = 'M'+x0+','+y0+'L'+points.join(' ');
if (poly.tagName=='polygon') pathdata+='z';
path.setAttribute('d',pathdata);
poly.parentNode.replaceChild(path,poly);
}
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