JavaScript: Check whether a specified value is a DOM element

Last update on May 30 2022 09:58:57 (UTC/GMT +8 hours)

JavaScript Object: Exercise-18 with Solution

Write a JavaScript function to check whether a given value is a DOM element.

Sample Solution: -

HTML Code:


<html>
  <head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <title>JavaScript function to check whether a specified value is a DOM element</title>

  <script
  src="https://code.jquery.com/jquery-3.3.1.min.js"
  integrity="sha256-FgpCb/KJQlLNfOu91ta32o/NMZxltwRo8QtmkMRdAu8="
  crossorigin="anonymous"></script>

  </head>
  <body>
  </body>
  </html>

JavaScript Code:

function is_dom_element(obj) {
    return !!(obj && obj.nodeType === 1);
  }
console.log(is_dom_element(jQuery('body')[0]));

Sample Output:

true

Flowchart:

Live Demo:

See the Pen javascript-object-exercise-18 by w3resource (@w3resource) on CodePen.

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JavaScript: Tips of the Day

How to insert an item into an array at a specific index (JavaScript)?

What you want is the splice function on the native array object.

arr.splice(index, 0, item); will insert item into arr at the specified index (deleting 0 items first, that is, it's just an insert). In this example we will create an array and add an element to it into index 2:

var arr = [];
arr[0] = "Jani";
arr[1] = "Hege";
arr[2] = "Stale";
arr[3] = "Kai Jim";
arr[4] = "Borge";

console.log(arr.join());
arr.splice(2, 0, "Lene");
console.log(arr.join());

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