Tech Stuff - DOM nodeType attribute

W3C Core Reference. Part of the Node Interface

nodeType attribute

Returns an integer defining the type of this node (see list below).

Syntax

string = object.nodeType;

Related Commands

nodeName attribute

Values

nodeType returns one of the following values:

• ELEMENT_NODE = 1 (provides HTMLElement methods/attributes)
• ATTRIBUTE_NODE = 2
• TEXT_NODE = 3
• CDATA_SECTION_NODE = 4
• ENTITY_REFERENCE_NODE = 5
• ENTITY_NODE = 6
• PROCESSING_INSTRUCTION_NODE = 7
• COMMENT_NODE = 8
• DOCUMENT_NODE = 9
• DOCUMENT_TYPE_NODE = 10
• DOCUMENT_FRAGMENT_NODE = 11
• NOTATION_NODE = 12

Examples

// get node list
children = document.childNodes;

// use nodelist methods or attributes to access
for(i = 0; i < children.length; i++)
{
  if(children[i].nodeType == 1)
  {
   // do something if this is an element node
  }
}

Notes:

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