The selection.node() function in D3.js is used to return the first element in the selection. If the selection does not contain any elements then it returns null.
Syntax:
selection.node()
Parameters: This function does not accept any parameters.
Return Values: This function returns the first element in the selection.
Example 1:
HTML
<!DOCTYPE html> <html lang="en"> <head> <meta charset="UTF-8"> <meta name="viewport" path1tent= "width=device-width,initial-scale=1.0"> </script> <script src= </script> </head> <body> <h2>Some text</h2> <div>Geeks for Geeks </div> <script> let selection = d3.selectAll("div") let div = selection.node(); console.log(div) // Printing innerHTML of the tag console.log(div.innerHTML) selection = d3.selectAll("h1") // Null is returned console.log(selection.node()) </script> </body> </html> |
Output:
Example 2:
HTML
<!DOCTYPE html> <html lang="en"> <head> <meta charset="UTF-8"> <meta name="viewport" path1tent= "width=device-width,initial-scale=1.0"> </script> <script src= </script> </head> <body> <div>Some text</div> <div>Geeks for <div>neveropen</div> </div> <div>Geeks <div></div> for neveropen</div> <div>Some text</div> <script> let selection = d3.selectAll("div") console.log(selection.node()) selection = d3.selectAll("h2") // Null is returned console.log(selection.node()) </script> </body> </html> |
Output:
