[Javascript] looping through nodeList

Roland Dong rdong at advance.net
Tue Oct 18 13:51:56 CDT 2005


 for(var i=0; i<anchors.length; i++){
	Var item=anchors[i];
	alert(item);
}


> -----Original Message-----
> From: javascript-bounces at LaTech.edu [mailto:javascript-bounces at LaTech.edu]
> On Behalf Of Anthony Ettinger
> Sent: Tuesday, October 18, 2005 2:39 PM
> To: javascript at LaTech.edu
> Subject: [Javascript] looping through nodeList
> 
> Can't seem to get this down, I get an HTML object, but
> it's length is zero.
> 
> var anchors = document.getElementsByTagName("a");
> alert(anchors); // yields [object HTML Collection]
> 
> for (anchor in anchors)
> {
>    var item = anchor;
>    alert(item); //yields length, item, namedItem
> (once)
> }
> 
> at this point, I cannot figure out for the life of me
> how to access an instance of the anchors list.
> Basically, I just want to call getAttribute("href") on
> it.
> 
> It seems as though anchors is not really a nodeList,
> more like a list of metadata about the nodeList.
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> Anthony Ettinger
> ph: (408) 656-2473
> web: http://www.apwebdesign.com
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