om.DomNode.getChildCount

Returns the number of children nodes.

Syntax

getChildCount()
  RETURNS INTEGER

Usage

The getChildCount() method returns the number of child nodes in the current node.

This method is typically used to scan the child nodes of a DOM node, with the getChildByIndex() method.

Example

FUNCTION display_children(node om.DomNode)
    DEFINE index, count INTEGER
    DEFINE child om.DomNode
    LET count = node.getChildCount()
    FOR index = 1 TO count
        LET child = node.getChildByIndex(index)
        DISPLAY child.toString()
    END FOR
END FUNCTION