lastChild

Syntax:: node.lastChild

This is a read-only property that returns the last child node of a node. If there is none, it returns null.

The lastChild property is read-only and returns the last child of a given node. If there is no such node, or the node is of a type that cannot have child nodes (see the DOM Structure Model), then it returns null.

Examples

Code:

XML:



<States>

   <State ref="FL">

      <name>Florida</name>

      <capital>Tallahassee</capital>


   </State>

   <State ref="IA">

      <name>Iowa</name>

      <capital>Des Moines</capital>


   </State>

</States>



Code (JavaScript):


var xml_doc = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLDOM");

xml_doc.async = false;

xml_doc.load("states.xml");


var l_child = xml_doc.documentElement.lastChild.text;

document.write(l_child);

Output:

Iowa Des Moines

Explanation:

This example obtains the text of the last child node of the root element of the 'states.xml' file.

Language(s): JavaScript XML

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