How to get the element from the returned collection of .childNodes method

Question

example:

function something( )
{
    var elementObjects = document.getElementById( "anElement" );
    var children = elementObjects.childNodes; // assuming element with id = "anElement" has children
}

from variable children, how can i get the objects' element object. Because by default, .childNodes returns objects, not element objects.

Answer 1

childNodes returns an array of objects, inorder to access individual element you have iterate through this array and access the elementobjects.

Answer 2

a NodeList is similar to an array, but you use .item() to access members:

for (var i = 0; i < myNodeList.length; i++) {
    var el = myNodeList.item(i);
    ....
}