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<SCRIPT> var aSpans = oDiv.getElementsByTagName("SPAN"); </SCRIPT> <DIV id="oDiv"> <SPAN>Immediate Child <DIV> <SPAN>Child of Child DIV</SPAN> </DIV> </SPAN> </DIV>
document.getElementsByTagName(tagname)
<html> <head> <script type="text/javascript"> function getElements() { var x=document.getElementsByTagName("input"); alert(x.length); } </script> </head> <body> <input name="myInput" type="text" size="20" /><br /> <input name="myInput" type="text" size="20" /><br /> <input name="myInput" type="text" size="20" /><br /> <br /> <input type="button" onclick="getElements()" value="How many input elements?" /> </body> </html>
var tables = document.getElementsByTagName("table"); alert ("This document contains " + tables.length + " tables");
var myParagragh = document.getElementsByTagName("p")[3];