HTML DOM scripts attribute

scriptsThe attribute returns<script>List of elements.

The elements in the list are sorted in the order they appear in the source code.

Syntax:

document.scripts

Example

var x = document.scripts.length;

All browsers fully support the scripts attribute:

Attribute
scripts	Is	Is	Is	Is	Is

Attribute	Description
length	Return the list in<script>Number of elements

Method	Description
[index]	Return the specific node at the given zero-based index in the list. If the index number is out of range, return null.
item(index)	Return the specific node at the given zero-based index in the list. If the index number is out of range, return null.
namedItem(id)	Returns the specific node whose ID name matches the string specified by name. If the id does not exist, it returns null.

Return Value:	oneHTMLCollection. You can use it like an array to get all elements in the list
DOM Version:	DOM Level3

Display the content of the first script element in the document (index 0):

Example

var x = document.scripts[0].text;

Traverse all script elements and display the text content of each script:

Example

var my_list = document.scripts;
for (let i = 0; i < my_list.length;++) {
　　　document.getElementById("x").innerHTML　+= my_list[i].text　+　"<br>";
}