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How to use getElementsByName method in Javascript with Example
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GetElementsByName method 
document.getElementsByName method in javascript used to get all the nodes has the give name as the parameter.

document.getElementsByName(name of the node)
<input type="text" name="txt_username" />
<input type="text" name="txt_username" />
<input type="text" name="txt_username" />

node means element here node is input. name is txt_username.
document.getElementsByName("txt_username") returns three nodes.
can get no of nodes by
document.getElementsByName("txt_username").length

document.getElementsByName("txt_username")[0]
document.getElementsByName("txt_username")[1]
document.getElementsByName("txt_username")[2]
to access the nodes.
Example
<html>
    <head>
        <title>getElementsByName example</title>
        <script type="text/javascript">
            function show(){
                var userNames = document.getElementsByName("txt_username");
                if (userNames.length != 0){
                   var userNameString = "";
                   for (var i=0;i<userNames.length;i++){
                      userNameString += userNames[i].value + "<br />";
                   }
                   document.write(userNameString);
                }
                else {
                   alert("No name found as txt_username");
                }
            }
        </script>
    </head>
    <body>
        <form id="frm_userinfo">
           Name 1: <input type="text" name="txt_username" /><br />
           Name 2: <input type="text" name="txt_username" /><br />
           Name 3: <input type="text" name="txt_username" /><br />
        </form>

        <button onclick="javascript:return show();">Show</button>         
    </body>
</html>
Demo 
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