Platform Support
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Constructors
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NodeList Constructor() : NodeList
Collection of nodes accessible by index.
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NodeList() : NodeListCollection of nodes accessible by index. Returns
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Properties
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length
: Number
The number of nodes in this list.
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Functions
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static item(Number index) : Node
Returns the node contained at the specified index.
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Parameters
Returns
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Remarks
A NodeList
is a sort of array which is used to contain a collection of nodes. It is commonly used throughout
the DOM objects as a way of returning a list of nodes, whether as a listing of Element
, or as a list of
Though in principle this object is similar to an Array
, it is merely a very rudimentary form, and as such
there is no relationship between the two objects. The list of methods and properties a NodeList
supports is
quite small in comparison.
References
Availability
HTML DOM Level 1|HTML DOM Level 2|W3C