Javascript, viewing "object nodelist"

javascript nodelist
Ryan picture Ryan · Jul 30, 2011 · Viewed 40k times · Source

Doing an alert() on one of my variables gives me this result

  [object NodeList]

How can I see all the values in that?

Note; I am on Firefox and dont know how to use chromebug so its not installed.

Answer

aroth picture aroth · Jul 30, 2011

You can iterate the values in a NodeList the same way you would an array:

for (var index = 0; index < nodeList.length; index++) {
    alert(nodeList[index]);
}

Here is a good resource with some more in-depth information: https://web.archive.org/web/20170119045716/http://reference.sitepoint.com/javascript/NodeList

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