XML DOM nodeTypeProperty


Document object

Definition and Usage

The nodeType property returns the node type of a node.

Syntax

documentObject.nodeType


In all instances, we use XML filesbooks.xmland JavaScript functionsloadXMLDoc()。

Example

The following code snippet displays the node name and node type of the root node:

Example

xmlDoc=loadXMLDoc("books.xml");

document.write("Nodename: " + xmlDoc.nodeName);
document.write(" (nodetype: " + xmlDoc.nodeType);

Output:

Nodename: #document (nodetype: 9)

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