The read-only CharacterData.length
property returns the number of characters in the contained data, as a positive integer.
CharacterData.length
Value
A positive integer with the length of the CharacterData.data
string.
Example
Note: CharacterData
is an abstract interface. The examples below use Text
, a concrete interface implementing it.
Length of the string in the <code>Text</code> node: <output></output>
let output = document.getElementsByTagName("output")[0]; let textnode = new Text("This text has been set using textnode.data."); output.value = textnode.length;
Specifications
Specification |
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DOM Standard # dom-characterdata-length |
Browser compatibility
Desktop | Mobile | |||||||||||
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Chrome | Edge | Firefox | Internet Explorer | Opera | Safari | WebView Android | Chrome Android | Firefox for Android | Opera Android | Safari on IOS | Samsung Internet | |
length |
1
|
12
|
1
|
5
|
≤12.1
|
1
|
1
|
18
|
4
|
≤12.1
|
1
|
1.0
|
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https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/CharacterData/length