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<script src="https://getfirebug.com/firebug-lite-debug.js"></script>


















































<h4 style="border-top:1px solid #ADADAD;padding-top:20px;margin-top:20px;"><strong>&larr; Code Example from <a href="http://www.domenlightenment.com/" target="_blank">DOM Enlightenment Book</a> by <a href="http://www.codylindley.com" target="_blank">Cody Lindley</a></strong></h4>

<p>JavaScript code is executed on page load. Click the "Run" button in the top bar to re-run the JavaScript code. All <code>console.log()'s</code> are logged to the <a href="http://getfirebug.com/firebuglite" target="_blank">Firebug Lite</a> console below &darr;.</p>

JavaScript

//This is the doctype/DTD
console.log(document.childNodes[0].nodeType); //logs 10, which is a numeric key mapping to DOCUMENT_TYPE_NODE

//This is the <html> element
console.log(document.childNodes[1].nodeType); //logs 1, which is a numeric key mapping to ELEMENT_TYPE_NODE

console.log(document.childNodes[1].nodeType);