# HTML DOM length Property

Attribute Object

## Example

Get the number of attributes of a <button> element:

var x = document.getElementsByTagName("BUTTON")[0].attributes.length;

The result of x could be:

2
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## Definition and Usage

The length property returns the number of nodes in a NamedNodeMap object.

A Node object's attributes is an example of a NamedNodeMap object.

This property is read-only.

Tip: Use the item() method to return a node at the specified index in a NamedNodeMap object.

## Browser Support

Property |  |  |  |  |
--- | --- | --- | --- | --- | ---
length | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes

Note: In Internet Explorer 8 and earlier, the length property for attributes will return the number of all possible attributes for an element.

## Syntax

namednodemap.length

## Technical Details

Return Value: | A Number, representing the number of attribute nodes in the nodemap
DOM Version | Core Level 1

## More Examples

## Example

Loop through all attributes of a <button> element and output the name of each attribute:

var txt = "";
var x = document.getElementById("myBtn").attributes;
var i;
for (i = 0; i < x.length; i++) {
txt += "Attribute name: " + x[i].name + "<br>";
}

The result of txt will be:

Attribute name: id
Attribute name: onclick
Attribute name: class
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## Example

Find out how many attributes an <img> element have:

var x = document.getElementById("myImg").attributes.length;

The result of x will be:

5
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## Example

Loop through all attributes of an <img> element and output each attribute's name and value:

var txt = "";
var x = document.getElementById("myImg");
var i;
for (i = 0; i < x.attributes.length; i++) {
txt = txt + x.attributes[i].name + " = " + x.attributes[i].value + "<br>";
}
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Attribute Object

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