files/en-us/web/api/htmltableelement/rows/index.md
{{APIRef("HTML DOM")}}
The read-only {{domxref("HTMLTableElement")}}
property rows returns a live
{{domxref("HTMLCollection")}} of all the rows in the table, including the rows
contained within any {{HTMLElement("thead")}}, {{HTMLElement("tfoot")}}, and
{{HTMLElement("tbody")}} elements.
Although the property itself is read-only, the returned object is live and allows the modification of its content.
An {{domxref("HTMLCollection")}} providing a live-updating list of the {{domxref("HTMLTableRowElement")}} objects representing all of the {{HTMLElement("tr")}} elements contained in the table. This provides quick access to all of the table rows, without having to manually search for them.
myRows = myTable.rows;
firstRow = myTable.rows[0];
lastRow = myTable.rows.item(myTable.rows.length - 1);
This demonstrates how you can use both indexed access and the {{domxref("HTMLCollection.item()")}} method to obtain individual rows in the table.
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