HTMLAllCollection: namedItem() method

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The namedItem() method of the {{domxref("HTMLAllCollection")}} interface returns the first {{domxref("Element")}} in the collection whose id or name attribute matches the specified name, or null if no element matches.

Syntax

namedItem(name)

Parameters

• name
  • : A string representing the value of the id or name attribute of the element we are looking for.

Return value

The first {{domxref("Element")}} in the {{domxref("HTMLAllCollection")}} matching the name, or null, if there are none.

Specifications

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Browser compatibility

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