XML DOM getElementsByTagName()Methods


Document object

Definition and Usage

The getElementsByTagName() method returns a NodeList of all elements with the specified name.

Syntax

getElementsByTagName(name)

Parameter Description
name String, specifies the tag name to search for. The value "*" matches all tags.


Example

The following code snippet usesloadXMLDoc()put "books.xml"Load into xmlDoc, and display the value of the first <title> element:"

Example

xmlDoc=loadXMLDoc("books.xml"); x=xmlDoc.getElementsByTagName("title")[0] y=x.childNodes[0]; document.write(y.nodeValue);

Output:

Everyday Italian

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