# XML DOM childNodes Property

Node Object

## Definition and Usage

The childNodes property returns a NodeList of child nodes for the specified node.

Tip: You can use the length property to determine the number of child nodes, then you can loop through all child nodes and extract the info you want.

## Browser Support

The childNodes property is supported in all major browsers.

## Syntax

nodeObject.childNodes

## Technical Details

Return Value: | A NodeList object representing a collection of nodes
DOM Version | Core Level 1

## Example

The following code fragment loads "books.xml" into xmlDoc using loadXMLDoc() and displays the child nodes of the XML document:

## Example

xmlDoc = loadXMLDoc("books.xml");
x = xmlDoc.childNodes;
for (i=0; i<x.length; i++)
{
document.write("Nodename: " + x[i].nodeName);
document.write(" (nodetype: " + x[i].nodeType + ")<br>");
}

Output IE:

Nodename: xml (nodetype: 7)
Nodename: #comment (nodetype: 8)
Nodename: bookstore (nodetype: 1)

Output Firefox, Opera, Chrome, and Safari :

Nodename: #comment (nodetype: 8)
Nodename: bookstore (nodetype: 1)
Try it yourself »

## Try-It-Yourself Demos

Display all child nodes of all the elements in the XML document

Node Object

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