XPathResult.snapshotLength

The read-only snapshotLength property of the XPathResult interface represents the number of nodes in the result snapshot.

Note: This feature is available in Web Workers

Syntax

var snapshotLength = result.snapshotLength;

Return value

An integer value representing the number of nodes in the result snapshot.

Exceptions

TYPE_ERR

In case XPathResult.resultType is not UNORDERED_NODE_SNAPSHOT_TYPE or ORDERED_NODE_SNAPSHOT_TYPE, an XPathException of type TYPE_ERR is thrown.

Example

The following example shows the use of the snapshotLength property.

HTML

<div>XPath example</div>
<div>Number of matched nodes: <output></output></div>

JavaScript

var xpath = "//div";
var result = document.evaluate(xpath, document, null, XPathResult.ORDERED_NODE_SNAPSHOT_TYPE, null);
document.querySelector("output").textContent = result.snapshotLength;

Result

Specifications

Browser compatibility

Desktop Mobile
Chrome Edge Firefox Internet Explorer Opera Safari WebView Android Chrome Android Firefox for Android Opera Android Safari on IOS Samsung Internet
snapshotLength
1
12
1
No
≤12.1
3
1
18
4
≤12.1
1
1.0

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https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/XPathResult/snapshotLength