XML DOM item() method

NodeList object reference manual

Definition and usage

The item() method can return the node at the specified index in the node list.

Syntax

item(index)
Parameter Description
index Represent the integer position of the node in the NodeList. This value is an integer greater than or equal to 0 and less than or equal to NodeList.length-1.

Instance

In all examples, we will use the XML file books.xml, and the JavaScript function loadXMLDoc().

The following code snippet can iterate over all direct child nodes of the <bookstore> element in the XML document:

xmlDoc=loadXMLDoc("/example/xdom/books.xml");
var x=xmlDoc.documentElement.childNodes;
for (i=0;i<x.length;i++)
  {
  //Only display element nodes
  if (x.item(i).nodeType==1)
    {
    document.write(x.item(i).nodeName)
    document.write("<br />")
    }
  }

Output:

book
book
book
book

Try it yourself

NodeList object reference manual