# .length

Categories: Properties > Properties of jQuery Object Instances

## length Returns: Number

Description: The number of elements in the jQuery object.

- #### version added: 1.0length

The number of elements currently matched. The .size() method will return the same value.

### Example:

#### Count the divs. Click to add more.

    <!DOCTYPE html>
    <html>
    <head>
      <style>

      body { cursor:pointer; }
      div { width:50px; height:30px; margin:5px; float:left;
            background:green; }
      span { color:red; }
      </style>
      <script src="http://code.jquery.com/jquery-1.7rc2.js"></script>
    </head>
    <body>
      <span></span>
      <div></div>
    <script>$(document.body).click(function () {
          $(document.body).append($("<div>"));
          var n = $("div").length;
          $("span").text("There are " + n + " divs." +
                         "Click to add more.");
        }).trigger('click'); // trigger the click to start</script>

    </body>
    </html>

#### Demo: