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domref



nodeType


Returns a code representing the type of the underlying node

Syntax

code = document.nodeType
 

Parameters

code is an unsigned short with one of the following values:

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

Example

if document.nodeType != 9
 
   document.close()
 
else
 
   document.write("<p>I'm a doc!</p>");
 

Notes

None.

Specification

nodeType
 


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