JavaScript node.nodeType Property

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JavaScript node.nodeType Property

The node.nodeType property returns an integer that identifies what the node is. It distinguishes different kind of nodes from each other, such as comments, elements and text.

Note: This property is read-only.

Example

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<!DOCTYPE html> <html> <body> <div><h1>Heading 1</h1> <p>Paragraph 1</p> <b>Bold 1</b> </div> <p>Click the button to find the nodeType of firstChild inside div tag.</p> <button onclick="myFunction()">Click Me</button> <p id="point"></p> <p><strong>Note</strong>: 1 = ELEMENT_NODE; 3 = TEXT_NODE</p> <script> var x = document.getElementById("point"); var y = document.getElementsByTagName("div")[0]; function myFunction(){ x.innerHTML = y.firstChild.nodeType; } </script> </body> </html>

Syntax

node.nodeType

Return Values

ValueExplanation
1Node.ELEMENT_NODE
3Node.TEXT_NODE
4Node.CDATA_SECTION_NODE
7Node.PROCESSING_INSTRUCTION_NODE
8Node.COMMENT_NODE
9Node.DOCUMENT_NODE
10Node.DOCUMENT_TYPE_NODE
11Node.DOCUMENT_FRAGMENT_NODE
2Node.ATTRIBUTE_NODE
5Node.ENTITY_REFERENCE_NODE
6Node.ENTITY_NODE
12Node.NOTATION_NODE

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