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Returns a value that indicates whether the object has children.
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Syntax
object.hasChildNodes()Parameters
This method has no parameters.
Return value
Type: Boolean
Returns one of the following possible values:| Return value | Description |
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The object contains HTML Elements or TextNode objects. |
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The object does not contain HTML Elements or TextNodes. |
Standards information
Remarks
If the object contains HTML Elements or TextNodes, they can be accessed from the childNodes collection.
In Microsoft Internet Explorer 6, This method now applies to the attribute object.
See also
- a
- abbr
- acronym
- address
- applet
- area
- attribute
- b
- base
- baseFont
- bdo
- big
- blockQuote
- body
- br
- button
- caption
- center
- cite
- code
- col
- colGroup
- comment
- dd
- del
- dfn
- dir
- div
- dl
- dt
- em
- embed
- fieldSet
- font
- form
- frame
- frameSet
- head
- hn
- hr
- html
- i
- iframe
- img
- input type=button
- input type=checkbox
- input type=file
- input type=image
- input type=password
- input type=radio
- input type=reset
- input type=submit
- input type=text
- ins
- kbd
- label
- legend
- li
- link
- listing
- map
- marquee
- menu
- nextID
- ol
- option
- p
- plainText
- pre
- q
- s
- samp
- script
- select
- small
- span
- strike
- strong
- sub
- sup
- table
- tBody
- td
- textArea
- tFoot
- th
- tHead
- title
- tr
- tt
- u
- ul
- var
- xmp
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