nodeType property

Retrieves the type of the requested node.

Syntax

JavaScript	`p = object.nodeType`

Type: Integer

If the node represents an attribute retrieved from the attributes collection, the nodeType returns null.

Starting in Microsoft Internet Explorer 6, this property applies to the attribute object.

This example assigns the nodeType property of the body object to a variable.


var iType = document.body.nodeType;

This example assigns the nodeType property of a node created with the createElement method to a variable.


var oNode = document.createElement("B");
document.body.insertBefore(oNode);
var iType = oNode.nodeType;