length

Summary

The number of nodes in the list.

Property of dom/NodeListdom/NodeList

Syntax

Note: This property is read-only.

var result = list.length; 

Return Value

Returns an object of type unsigned longunsigned long

Examples

<!-- Three divs --> <ul> <li class="fruit">Apple</li> &li;class="fruit">Banana</li> <li class="fruit">Cherry</li> </ul> <div id="fruit"></div> <script> // Query the DOM for the nodes with the class 'fruit' var fruitNodes = document.querySelectorAll('.fruit'); // Get the number of nodes found by using 'length' var fruitNodeCount = fruitNodes.length; // Displaying the value in the DOM document.getElementById('fruit').innerHTML = 'Number of fruit nodes: ' + fruitNodeCount; // Number of fruit nodes: 3 </script> 

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