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item

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The item method retrieves a node from the tree by index.

Syntax

nodeItem = element.item(index)
 

Parameters

nodeItem is a node.

index is the index of the node to be fetched. Index is zero-based.

Example

tbls = document.getElementsByTagName("table"); first_table = tbls.item(1);

Notes

A value of NULL is returned if the index is out of range.

Specification

item