HTML DOM isEqualNode() method

HTML DOM Element Object

isEqualNode()method tests whether two nodes are equal.

If all of the following conditions are met, the two nodes are equal:

• they have the same node type

• they have the same nodeName, NodeValue, localName, namespaceURI, and prefix

• they have the same child nodes with all child nodes (childNodes)

• they have the same attributes and attribute values (the order of attributes is not the same)

UsingisSameNode()method to determine whether two nodes are the same node.

Syntax:

node.isEqualNode(node)

let output = document.getElementById("output");
let divList = document.getElementsByTagName("div");
output.innerHTML　+="div 0 equals div 0: "　+　divList[0].isEqualNode(divList[0])　+　"<br>";
output.innerHTML　+="div 0 equals div　1: "　+　divList[0].isEqualNode(divList[1])　+　"<br>";
output.innerHTML　+="div 0 equals div　2: "　+　divList[0].isEqualNode(divList[2])　+　"<br>";

Browser Compatibility

All browsers fully support the isEqualNode() method:

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Technical Details

Related References

HTML DOM Reference:node.isSameNode() method

HTML DOM Element Object