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XML DOM getElementsByTagName() Method



Definition and Usage

The getElementsByTagName() method returns a NodeList of all elements with a specified name.

Syntax

Parameter Description
name A string specifying the tag name to search for. The value "*" matches all tags.

Example

The following code snippet uses loadXMLDoc() to load "books.xml" into xmlDoc and displays the value of the first <title> element:

Example

xmlDoc=loadXMLDoc("books.xml");

x=xmlDoc.getElementsByTagName("title")[0]
y=x.childNodes[0];
document.write(y.nodeValue);

Output:

Everyday Italian

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