---
id: xml-child_count
name: Xml.child_count
category: xml
kind: namespace-method
tokens: Xml.child_count
sig: Xml.child_count(node) -> int
tip: How many child elements.
order: 8
ns: Xml
member: child_count
---

Returns the number of direct child elements of <code>node</code> (text and comments are not children).