An HTMLCollection object is an array-like list of HTML elements.
Methods like the getElementsByTagName() returns an HTMLCollection.
The following properties and methods can be used on a HTMLCollection object:
| Property / Method | Description |
|---|---|
item() | Returns the element at the specified index in an HTMLCollection |
| length | Returns the number of elements in an HTMLCollection |
namedItem() | Returns the element with the specified ID, or name, in an HTMLCollection |
Get an HTMLCollection:
var x = document.getElementsByTagName("P"); // Returns a collection of all the P elements in the document
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