Section 25.145. HTMLCollection.item( ): get an element by position

25.145. HTMLCollection.item( ): get an element by position DOM Level 2 HTML 25.145.1. Synopsis Node item(unsigned long index); 25.145.1.1. Arguments index The position of the element to be returned. Elements appear in an HTMLCollection in the same order in which they appear in the document source. 25.145.1.2. Returns The element at the specified index, or null if index is less than zero or greater than or equal to the length property. 25.145.2. Description The item( ) method returns a numbered element from an HTMLCollection. In JavaScript, it is easier to treat the HTMLCollection as an array and to index it using array notation. 25.145.3. Example var c = document.images; // This is an HTMLCollection var img0 = c.item(0); // You can use the item( ) method this way var img1 = c[1]; // But this notation is easier and more common 25.145.4. See Also NodeList.item( )