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JavaScript & HTML DOM Reference Manual

Overview

JavaScript Object

JavaScript Array Object JavaScript Boolean Object JavaScript Date Object JavaScript Math Object JavaScript Number Object JavaScript String Object JavaScript RegExp Object JavaScript Global properties / functions JavaScript Operator

Browser Object

Window Object Navigator Object Screen Object History Object Location Object

DOM Object

HTML DOM Document Object HTML DOM Element object HTML DOM Attribute object HTML DOM Event object

HTML Object

<a> <area> <audio> <base> <blockquote> <body> <button> <canvas> <col> <colgroup> <datalist> <del> <details> <dialog> <embed> <fieldset> <form> <iframe> <frameset > <img> <ins> <input> - button <input> - checkbox <input> - color <input> - date <input> - datetime <input> - datetime-local <input> - email <input> - file <input> - hidden <input> - image <input> - month <input> - number <input> - range <input> - password <input> - radio <input> - reset <input> - search <input> - submit <input> - text <input> - time <input> - url <input> - week <keygen> <link> <label> <legend> <li> <map> <menu> <menuItem> <meta> <meter> <object> <ol> <optgroup> <option> <param> <progress> <q> <script> <select> <source> <style> <table> <td> <th> <tr> <textarea> <title> <time> <track> <video>

HTML DOM length property

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Examples

Back body element number of child nodes:

document.body.childNodes.length;

Output:

8

Definition and Usage

length property returns the number of nodes in the collection.

Child nodes of the node object is an instance of a node list object.

Browser Support

All major browsers support length property

grammar

nodelist.length

technical details

return value:	Returns the number that represents the number of nodes in the node list.
DOM version	Core Level 1 Nodelist Object

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