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NodeList: entries() method

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{{APIRef("DOM")}}

The NodeList.entries() method returns an {{jsxref("Iteration_protocols",'iterator')}} allowing to go through all key/value pairs contained in this object. The values are {{domxref("Node")}} objects.

Syntax

js-nolint
entries()

Parameters

None.

Return value

Returns an {{jsxref("Iteration_protocols","iterator")}}.

Example

js
const node = document.createElement("div");
const kid1 = document.createElement("p");
const kid2 = document.createTextNode("hey");
const kid3 = document.createElement("span");
node.appendChild(kid1);
node.appendChild(kid2);
node.appendChild(kid3);

const list = node.childNodes;

// Using for...of
for (const entry of list.entries()) {
  console.log(entry);
}

results in:

plain
Array [ 0, <p> ]
Array [ 1, #text "hey" ]
Array [ 2, <span> ]

Browser compatibility

{{Compat}}

See also