- From: John Cowan <cowan@locke.ccil.org>
- Date: Fri, 19 Mar 1999 15:49:52 -0500
- To: DOM List <www-dom@w3.org>
Harold Poskanzer wrote: > Since a NodeList is a "live view" into the tree, what does nextSibling do on > items in a NodeList? When you've fetched a Node out of a NodeList, it doesn't know it was *in* a NodeList, so nextSibling is the Node on its right in the tree, not its successor in the list. > However, that makes stepping > through items in an "abstract" NodeList (like that generated from > getElementsByTagName) a little difficult. Use the index method, being careful to note what you are doing (i.e. if you are removing each node as you find it, always ask for index(0) each time). -- John Cowan http://www.ccil.org/~cowan cowan@ccil.org You tollerday donsk? N. You tolkatiff scowegian? Nn. You spigotty anglease? Nnn. You phonio saxo? Nnnn. Clear all so! 'Tis a Jute.... (Finnegans Wake 16.5)
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