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JavaScript length Property: Array Object

Description

The length property returns number elements of an array. The value of the length property is an integer and less than 232. The length property is also used to truncate an array. If the length property is set with a number which is greater than the original length then new elements are added to the end of the array. If the length property is set with a number which is less than the original length then excess elements at the end of the array are lost.

Version

Implemented in JavaScript 1.1

Syntax

array.length

Example:

In the following web document length property is used to get the number of elements of a given array.

HTML Code

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="utf8" />
<title>JavaScript Array object-length Property example</title>
<style type="text/css">
h1 {color:red}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<h1>JavaScript Array Object : length Property</h1>
<script src="array-length-example1.js">
</script>
</body>
</html>

JS Code

var myarray = new Array("Orange", "Apple", "Banana", "Cherry", "Mango");
var newParagraph = document.createElement("p");
var newText = document.createTextNode("The length of the array is : "+myarray.length); 
newParagraph.appendChild(newText); 
document.body.appendChild(newParagraph);

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JavaScript Array object-length Property example

See also:

JavaScript input Property: Array Object

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