HTML DOM childElementCount Property

The DOM childElementCount property is used to count the number of child elements and return it. It counts only child elements except for text and comment nodes.

Syntax:

node.childElementCount

Where a node is an object which represents the document or element.

Return Value: It returns the number of child elements of the given element.

Example: In this example, we will see the use of the DOM childElementCount property

HTML

<!DOCTYPE html> 

<html> 

<head> 

    <title> 

        DOM childElementCount Property 

    </title> 

</head> 

<body> 

    <h1>GeeksforGeeks</h1> 

    <h2> 

        DOM childElementCount Property 

    </h2> 

    <p>Searching Algorithms</p> 

    <ul id="parent"> 

        <li>Merge sort</li> 

        <li>Quick sort</li> 

    </ul> 

    <button onclick="geek()">Click Here!</button> 

    <p id="p"></p> 

    <script> 

        function geek() { 

            let doc = 

                document.getElementById("parent").childElementCount; 

            document.getElementById("p").innerHTML = 

                "No of entries: " + doc; 

        } 

    </script> 

</body> 

</html>