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HTML DOM NodeList length

❮ The NodeList Object

Examples

Get the number of child nodes in the document:

const nodeList = document.body.childNodes;
let number = nodeList.length;
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Get the <body> element's child nodes:

const nodeList = document.body.childNodes;
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Get the number of child nodes in "myDIV":

const element = document.getElementById("myDIV");
let numb = element.childNodes.length;
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More examples below.


Definition and Usage

The length property returns the number of nodes in a NodeList.

The length property is read-only.


Syntax

nodelist.length

Return Value

Type Description
NumberThe number of nodes in the NodeList.


More Examples

Example

How many <p> elements inside "myDIV":

const div = document.getElementById("myDIV");
const list = div.querySelectorAll("p");
let number = list.length;
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Example

Loop over all <p> elements in "myDIV" and change their font size:

const div = document.getElementById("myDIV");
const list = div.querySelectorAll("p");

for (let i = 0; i < list.length; i++) {
  list[i].style.fontSize = "red";
}
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Example

Loop over all child nodes nodes and collect the name of each node:

const list = document.body.childNodes;

let text = "";
for (let i = 0; i < list.length; i++) {
  text += list[i].nodeName + "<br>";
}
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Browser Support

nodelist.length is a DOM Level 1 (1998) feature.

It is fully supported in all browsers:

Chrome IE Edge Firefox Safari Opera
Yes 9-11 Yes Yes Yes Yes

❮ The NodeList Object