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XML DOM item() Method


NamedNodeMap Object Reference NamedNodeMap Object

Definition and Usage

The item() method returns the node at the specified index in a node list.

Syntax

item(index)

Parameter Description
index The index


Example

The following code fragment loads "books.xml" into xmlDoc using loadXMLDoc(), loops through the <book> elements and prints the values of the category attributes:

Example

xmlDoc=loadXMLDoc("books.xml");

x=xmlDoc.getElementsByTagName('book');

for(i=0;i<x.length;i++)
{
att=x.item(i).attributes.getNamedItem("category");
document.write(att.value + "
");
}

The output of the code above will be:

COOKING
CHILDREN
WEB
WEB

Try it yourself »

Try-It-Yourself Demos

item() - Loop through the items in a node list

getNamedItem() - Change an item's value


NamedNodeMap Object Reference NamedNodeMap Object

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