javascript function get id value

[Edgardo R. Del Rosario]

Is there a function in JavaScript to get the list of the values for all
the 'id' attributes in an HTML page?

[RobG]

Re: javascript function get id value

On Aug 1, 11:11 am, "Edgardo R. Del Rosario" <axd...@psu.edu wrote:

Is there a function in JavaScript to get the list of the values for all
the 'id' attributes in an HTML page?

No.

You will have to sift through the elements on the page and find those
that have an id attribute with an appropriate value, e.g. where the id
attribute value has a length other than zero, something like:

if (element.id && element.id.leng th 0)

If you wish to disginguish between those that have the attribute but
no value and those that don't have the attribute at all, e.g. between

<span id="" ...>

and

<span ...>


in a consistent, cross-browser way then you have a bigger challenge.


--
Rob

[Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn]

Re: javascript function get id value

Edgardo R. Del Rosario wrote:

Is there a function in JavaScript to get the list of the values for all
the 'id' attributes in an HTML page?

No, but you may have an XPath API available which allows you to get a result
containing all element objects representing elements that have the `id'
attribute set. (This is considerably faster that traversing the document
tree yourself, but it is also less compatible.) In its simplest form, which
works for HTML documents in Gecko-based UAs:

var elemsWithId = document.evalua te(
"//*[@id or @iD or @Id or @ID]", document.docume ntElement, null,
XPathResult.UNO RDERED_NODE_ITE RATOR_TYPE, null);

From this result, you can create the list of IDs:

var e, list = [];
while ((e = elemsWithId.ite rateNext())
{
list[list.length] = e.id;
}

Or, suppose you are dealing with invalid markup where duplicate IDs may occur:

var e, ids = new Object(), list = [];
while ((e = elemsWithId.ite rateNext())
{
ids[e.id] = true;
}

for (var id in list)
{
list[list.length] = id;
}

In any case, you can then sort the list:

list.sort();


HTH

PointedEars
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[Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn]

Re: javascript function get id value

Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn wrote:

[...]
Or, suppose you are dealing with invalid markup where duplicate IDs may occur:
>
var e, ids = new Object(), list = [];
while ((e = elemsWithId.ite rateNext())
{
ids[e.id] = true;
}
>
for (var id in list)

Must be

for (var id in ids)

(I renamed the variable name afterwards, but not everywhere.)


PointedEars
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[David Mark]

Re: javascript function get id value

On Jul 31, 9:27 pm, RobG <rg...@iinet.ne t.auwrote:

On Aug 1, 11:11 am, "Edgardo R. Del Rosario" <axd...@psu.edu wrote:
>

Is there a function in JavaScript to get the list of the values for all
the 'id' attributes in an HTML page?

>
No.
>
You will have to sift through the elements on the page and find those
that have an id attribute with an appropriate value, e.g. where the id
attribute value has a length other than zero, something like:
>
if (element.id && element.id.leng th 0)

The second test is redundant and the first can throw exceptions.
Better to do this:

if (typeof element.id == 'string' && element.id)

[Edgardo R. Del Rosario]

Re: javascript function get id value

Edgardo R. Del Rosario wrote:

Is there a function in JavaScript to get the list of the values for all
the 'id' attributes in an HTML page?

Thank you everybody... great suggestions! let me try them and I might
be talking to you soon! Thanks!