length property
Gets the number of characters in a TextNode object.
Syntax
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Property values
Type: Integer
the number of characters.
Standards information
- Document Object Model (DOM) Level 1 Specification, Section 1.2
Examples
This example uses the length property to specify where a TextNode is split by using the splitText method.
<script type="text/javascript">
function fnChangeValue(){
var oListItem = document.createElement("li");
oList.appendChild(oListItem);
var oNode = oList.firstChild.childNodes(0);
var oTextNode = oList.firstChild.childNodes(0);
var oSplit = oTextNode.splitText(oTextNode.length/2);
oListItem.appendChild(oSplit);
}
</script>
<ul id = oList onclick = "fnChangeValue()">
<li>Start Here</li>
</ul>
See also
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