length Property

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Retrieves the number of characters in a TextNode object.

Syntax

HTML	N/A
Scripting	[ iLength = ] object.length

Possible Values

iLength

Integer that specifies the number of characters.

The property is read-only with no default value.

Example

This example uses the length property to specify where a TextNode is split using the splitText method.

<SCRIPT>
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
</UL>

Applies To

[ Object Name ] Platform Version Win16: Win32: Mac: Unix: WinCE: Version data is listed when the mouse hovers over a link, or the link has focus.	TextNode

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