Convert NodeList to array

Question

I\'m having a hard time converting a NodeList to an array in IE 8. The following works perfectly in Chrome, but in IE 8 toArray() is not recognize

Answer 1

Old question, but here is a tried & true method:

var nodes=document.querySelectorAll("div"); //  returns a node list
nodes=Array.prototype.slice.call(nodes);    //  copies to an array

Explanation

• document.querySelectorAll uses a CSS-style selector to find elements and returns a node list. It works as of IE 8.
• The slice method copies a portion of an array-like collection (in this case all of it) into a new array.
• call allows you to borrow a method from one object to use on another

To find the node list you could also have used `document.getElementsByTagName(), but this one is more flexible.