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length

The number of elements in the jQuery object.
The number of elements currently matched. The size function will return the same value.

Examples:
Count the divs. Click to add more.

    $(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



<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" 
                    "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd">
<html>
<head>
  <script src="http://code.jquery.com/jquery-latest.js"></script>
  
  <script>
  $(document).ready(function(){
    
    $(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>
  <style>
  body { cursor:pointer; }
  div { width:50px; height:30px; margin:5px; float:left;
        background:green; }
  span { color:red; }
  </style>
</head>
<body>
  <span></span>
  <div></div>
</body>
</html>

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