# XML DOM item() Method

NodeList Object

## Definition and Usage

The item() method returns the node at the specified index in a node list.

Note: The items in a node list are accessible via an index, starting from 0.

## Browser Support

The item() method is supported in all major browsers.

## Syntax

nodelist.item(index)

## Parameters

Parameter | Type | Description
--- | --- | ---
index | Number | Required. The index of the node in the node list. The index starts at 0

## Return Value

Type | Description
--- | ---
Node object | The node at the specified index, or null if the index is out of rangex

## Technical Details

DOM Version | Core Level 1 Nodelist Object

## Example

Note: All major browsers, except Internet Explorer, treat empty white-spaces or new lines as text nodes. So, in the example below, there is a function that checks on node type, and displays only Element nodes. This way, the result will be equal in all browsers. To read more about the differences between browsers, please read our DOM Browsers chapter.

The following code fragment loads "books.xml" into xmlDoc using loadXMLDoc() and loops through all child element nodes of the <bookstore> element:

## Example

xmlDoc = loadXMLDoc("books.xml");
x = xmlDoc.documentElement.childNodes;
for (i=0; i<x.length; i++)
{
// Display only element nodes
if (x.item(i).nodeType == 1)
{
document.write(x.item(i).nodeName);
document.write("<br>");
}
}

Output:

book
book
book
book
Try it yourself »

NodeList Object

### WEB HOSTING

UK Reseller Hosting

### WEB BUILDING

FREE Website BUILDER Free HTML5 Templates

### W3SCHOOLS EXAMS

HTML, CSS, JavaScript, PHP, jQuery, XML, and ASP Certifications

### SHARE THIS PAGE

### Color Picker

### HTML/CSS

HTML Tutorial HTML5 Tutorial CSS Tutorial CSS3 Tutorial Bootstrap Tutorial

### JavaScript

JavaScript Tutorial jQuery Tutorial jQuery Mobile Tutorial AngularJS Tutorial AJAX Tutorial JSON Tutorial

### Graphics

Canvas Tutorial SVG Tutorial Google Maps Tutorial

### Server Side

SQL Tutorial PHP Tutorial ASP Tutorial ASP.NET Tutorial VBScript Tutorial AppML Tutorial

### Web

Web Building Web Statistics Web Certification

### XML

XML Tutorial DTD Tutorial Schema Tutorial XML DOM Tutorial XPath Tutorial XSLT Tutorial XQuery Tutorial XSL-FO Tutorial RSS Tutorial WSDL Tutorial

### HTML/CSS

HTML Tag Reference HTML Event Reference HTML Color Reference CSS 1,2,3 Reference Bootstrap Reference

### JavaScript

JavaScript Reference HTML DOM Reference jQuery Reference jQuery Mobile Reference Google Maps Reference

### Server Side

PHP Reference SQL Reference ASP Reference VBScript Reference Razor Reference ASP.NET Reference

### XML

XML DOM Reference XSLT Reference XSL-FO Reference XPath Reference XQuery Reference Schema Reference RSS Reference SVG Reference

### HTML Charsets

HTML Character Sets HTML ASCII HTML ANSI HTML Windows-1252 HTML ISO-8859-1 HTML Symbols HTML UTF-8

### HTML/CSS

HTML Examples CSS Examples

### Browser Scripting

JavaScript Examples HTML DOM Examples jQuery Examples jQuery Mobile Examples AngularJS Examples AJAX Examples

### Server Scripting

PHP Examples ASP Examples VBScript Examples Razor Examples .NET Examples

### XML Languages

XML Examples DTD Examples XML DOM Examples XSL Examples XSLT Examples XPath Examples XQuery Examples Schema Examples RSS Examples SVG Examples