XML DOM nodeType Property

Complete Node Object Reference

Definition and Usage

The nodeType property returns the node type of a node.

Syntax

nodeObject.nodeType

Example

The following code fragment loads "books.xml" into xmlDoc using loadXMLDoc() and displays the node name and node type of the root node:

xmlDoc=loadXMLDoc("books.xml");

document.write("Nodename: " + xmlDoc.nodeName);
document.write(" (nodetype: " + xmlDoc.nodeType);

Output:

Nodename: #document (nodetype: 9)

Try-It-Yourself Demos

Display nodeName and nodeType of all elements

Display nodeName and nodeValue of all elements

Complete Node Object Reference

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