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DOMStringList: item() method

Baseline Widely available

This feature is well established and works across many devices and browser versions. It’s been available across browsers since ⁨July 2015⁩.

Note: This feature is available in Web Workers.

The item() method returns a string from a DOMStringList by index.

Syntax

item(index)

JavaScript also offers an array-like bracketed syntax for obtaining an item from a DOMStringList by index:

list[index];

Parameters

index

the index of the string to get. The index is zero-based.

Return value

The string at the index position in the DOMStringList; otherwise null if the provided index is out of range.

Exceptions

TypeError

Thrown if no argument is provided.

Specifications

Browser compatibility

Desktop Mobile
Chrome Edge Firefox Opera Safari Chrome Android Firefox for Android Opera Android Safari on IOS Samsung Internet WebView Android WebView on iOS
item 1 12 1 ≤12.1 5.1 18 4 ≤12.1 5 1.0 3 5

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