Node: hasChildNodes() 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.
The hasChildNodes() method of the Node interface
returns a boolean value indicating
whether the given Node has child nodes or not.
Syntax
js
hasChildNodes()
Parameters
None.
Return value
A boolean value that is true if the node has child nodes, and
false otherwise.
Example
js
let foo = document.getElementById("foo");
if (foo.hasChildNodes()) {
// Do something with 'foo.childNodes'
}
Specifications
| Specification |
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| DOM # ref-for-dom-node-haschildnodes① |
Browser compatibility
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