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JavaScript JavaScript and the DOM (Retiring) Traversing the DOM DOM Traversal - More Review

Posted by Paichayon Suparanon
Paichayon Suparanon
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Why can't I use .childNodes ?

Why can't I use .childNodes for this question?

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Tobiasz Gala
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childNode is a part of node object where children is a part of element object children will return all html elements where childnode can return plain text

In most cases, it could work the same but the question is more specific about element.