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
HTML Online Editor
<!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
Value | Explanation |
---|---|
1 | Node.ELEMENT_NODE |
3 | Node.TEXT_NODE |
4 | Node.CDATA_SECTION_NODE |
7 | Node.PROCESSING_INSTRUCTION_NODE |
8 | Node.COMMENT_NODE |
9 | Node.DOCUMENT_NODE |
10 | Node.DOCUMENT_TYPE_NODE |
11 | Node.DOCUMENT_FRAGMENT_NODE |
2 | Node.ATTRIBUTE_NODE |
5 | Node.ENTITY_REFERENCE_NODE |
6 | Node.ENTITY_NODE |
12 | Node.NOTATION_NODE |
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