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I tried the following code to understand how i can get 0 if the value is not defined.

This below is my try to understand but I am getting same error as described below.

var tbl = $("#tableOccupation")[0] != 'undefined' ? $("#tableOccupation")[0] : 0;
alert(tbl.rows.length);

that if not undefined,

return 0 else return whatever the rows.length is

that is above my try but it is still showing

Uncaught TypeError: tbl is undefined

about 4 years ago · Juan Pablo Isaza

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Answer 1 · 2022-07-08T22:15:33.114Z

Your error come from this :

var tbl = $("#tableOccupation")[0] != 'undefined' ? $("#tableOccupation")[0] : 0;

You should check for undefined like this ( by removing quotes surrounding undefined )

var tbl = $("#tableOccupation")[0] != undefined ? $("#tableOccupation")[0] : 0;

undefined is a type, not a string :

console.log(undefined == 'undefined') // Prints false

More cleaner solution would be to just check for undefined like this :

let tbl = $("#tableOccupation")[0];

if (tbl) {
  alert(tbl.rows.length);
}

Answer 2 · 2022-07-08T22:15:33.123Z

Given that the rows collection in a HTML Table element refers to every tr within that table, you can just do this:

let $tbl = $("#tableOccupation");
let numberOfRows = $tbl.find('tr').length;
console.log(numberOfRows);