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JavaScript DOM HTML method: item()

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The item() method (when applied to HTML elements in the JavaScript DOM) returns the node at the specified index position in a NodeList.

 

It has the following syntax with the following parameters. It returns a node object representing the node at the relevant index value, or null if the index is outside the applicable range.

 

nodelist.item(index) or nodelist[index]

 

Parameter

Required / Optional

Description

index

Required

Number representing the index of node to be returned (the index is zero-based, i.e. starts at zero)

 


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