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getNamedItem (method )

Owning interface and usage:  
NamedNodeMap.getNamedItem(name)

Member of these other interfaces:  
none

Description:  
Retrieves a node specified by name.

Parameters:  
DOMString name  -  The nodeName of a node to retrieve.

Returns:  
Node -  A Node (of any type) with the specified nodeName, or null if it does not identify any node in this map.

Exceptions:  
none


Example:
Text in the first DIV.
Some text in the second DIV.
Some text and element in the third DIV.
We can try another elements. It will be much more interesting.
Text in the last DIV.
Source: 
   <div id="doc">
     <div>
       Text in the first DIV.
     </div>
     <div id="DDD" class="secondClass">
       Some text in the second DIV.
     </div>
     <div class="thirdClass">
       Some text and <span id="SSS">element</span> in the third DIV.
     </div>
     <div class="fourthClass">
       We can try <i>another elements</i>.
       It will be much more <b>interesting</b>.
     </div>
     <div>
       Text in the last DIV.
     </div>
   </div>
JavaScript: 
  var main = document.getElementById('doc');
  var attrNode = main.childNodes[3].attributes;
  var output = attrNode.getNamedItem('class').nodeValue;
Output:
desired your browser
white-spaces
preserved
by default 		secondClass
white-spaces
not-preserved
by default 		fourthClass