Find out how many elements with class="example" there are in the document using the length property of the NodeList object:
var x = document.querySelectorAll(".example").length;
Click the button to find out how many elements with class "example" there are in this document.
<!DOCTYPE html> <html> <body> <div class="example"> A div element with class="example" </div>// w w w . ja va 2s . c o m <div class="example"> Another div element with class="example" </div> <p class="example">A p element with class="example"</p> <button onclick="myFunction()">Test</button> <p id="demo"></p> <script> function myFunction() { var x = document.querySelectorAll(".example"); document.getElementById("demo").innerHTML = x.length; } </script> </body> </html>