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noah on 05/04/07


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check test DOM boolean boundary


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Does an element exist?

 / Published in: JavaScript
 

Does an element exist in the current DOM tree?

Because I can never remember whether I should test typeof el == null... or el == null

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  1. <div id="bar" />
  2. <script>
  3. if (document.getElementById('foo') == null) {
  4. 	alert('foo is missing!');
  5. }
  6. //or:
  7. if ( ! document.getElementById('bar')) {
  8. 	alert('bar is missing!');
  9. }
  10. </script>

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