| title | short-title | slug | page-type | browser-compat |
|---|---|---|---|---|
NodeList: item() method |
item() |
Web/API/NodeList/item |
web-api-instance-method |
api.NodeList.item |
{{APIRef("DOM")}}
Returns a node from a NodeList by index. This method
doesn't throw exceptions as long as you provide arguments. A value of null
is returned if the index is out of range, and a {{jsxref("TypeError")}} is thrown if no
argument is provided.
In JavaScript, instead of calling nodeList.item(index), you can also access the index directly, like nodeList[index].
item(index)
index- : The index of the node to be fetched. The index is zero-based.
The indexth node in the nodeList returned by the item method.
- {{jsxref("TypeError")}}
- : Thrown if no argument is provided.
const tables = document.getElementsByTagName("table");
const firstTable = tables.item(1); // or tables[1] - returns the second table in the DOM{{Specifications}}
{{Compat}}