Table tBodies Collection
Example
Find out how many <tbody> elements there are in a table:
 var x = document.getElementById("myTable").tBodies.length;
The result of x will be:
 2
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Definition and Usage
The tBodies collection returns a collection of all <tbody> elements in a table.
Note: The elements in the collection are sorted as they appear in the source code.
Browser Support
| Collection | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| tBodies | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | 
Syntax
 tableObject.tBodies
Properties
| Property | Description | 
|---|---|
| length | Returns the number of <tbody> elements in the collection. Note: This property is read-only  | 
  
Methods
| Method | Description | 
|---|---|
| [index] | Returns the <tbody> element from the collection with the specified index (starts at 0). Note: Returns null if the index number is out of range  | 
    
| item(index) | Returns the <tbody> element from the collection with the specified index (starts at 0). Note: Returns null if the index number is out of range  | 
    
| namedItem(id) | Returns the <tbody> element from the collection with the specified id. Note: Returns null if the id does not exist  | 
    
Technical Details
| DOM Version: | Core Level 2 Document Object | 
|---|---|
| Return Value: | An HTMLCollection Object, representing all <tbody> elements in the <table> element. The elements in the collection are sorted as they appear in the source code | 
More Examples
Example
[index]
Alert the innerHTML of the first <tbody> element (index 0) in the table:
 alert(document.getElementById("myTable").tBodies[0].innerHTML;
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Example
item(index)
Alert the innerHTML of the first <tbody> element (index 0) in the table:
 alert(document.getElementById("myTable").tBodies.item(0).innerHTML);
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Example
namedItem(id)
Alert the innerHTML of the <tbody> element with id="myTBody" in the table:
 alert(document.getElementById("myTable").tBodies.namedItem("myTBody").innerHTML);
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Related Pages
HTML reference: HTML <tbody> tag
❮ Table Object

