XML DOM getElementsByTagName()Methods


Element 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.xmlLoad into xmlDoc and retrieve the values of all <title> elements:

Example

xmlDoc=loadXMLDoc("books.xml");

x=xmlDoc.getElementsByTagName('title');
for (i=0;i<x.length;i++)
{
document.write(x[i].childNodes[0].nodeValue);
document.write("
");
}

Output:

Everyday Italian
Harry Potter
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