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JavaScript: The Definitive Guide, Fourth Edition
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JavaScript: The Definitive Guide, Fourth Edition

by David Flanagan
November 2001
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
936 pages
68h 43m
English
O'Reilly Media, Inc.
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Name

NamedNodeMap.item( ) — return an element of a NamedNodeMap by position

Availability

DOM Level 1 Core

Synopsis

Node item(unsigned long index);

Arguments

index

The position or index of the desired node.

Returns

The node at the specified position, or null if index is less than zero or greater than or equal to the length of the NamedNodeMap.

Description

This method returns a numbered element of a NamedNodeMap. In JavaScript, NamedNodeMap objects behave like read-only arrays, and you can use the node position as an array index within square brackets instead of calling this method.

Although the NamedNodeMap interface allows you to iterate through its nodes by position, it does not represent an ordered collection of nodes. Any changes made to the NamedNodeMap (such as by removeNamedItem( ) or setNamedItem( )) may result in a complete reordering of the elements. Thus, you must not modify a NamedNodeMap while you are iterating through its elements.

See Also

NodeList

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