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<!DOCTYPE html> <html lang="en"> <head> <meta charset="utf-8"> <title>jQuery Get Number of Child Elements in a Div</title> <script src="https://code.jquery.com/jquery-3.5.1.min.js"></script> <script> $(document).ready(function(){ var matched = $(".content *"); alert("Number of elements in content div = " + matched.length); }); </script> </head> <body> <div class="content"> <h1>This is a heading</h1> <p>This is a paragraph.</p> <div>This is just a <em>block of text</em>.</div> <ul> <li>An item of an unordered list</li> <li>Another item of an unordered list</li> </ul> </div> </body> </html>
