Jquery Count Divs with class name

Question

Seems pretty simple but I cant get it to work.

If I have two divs with the class of 'user'

I want to output 'you have 2 divs'

    <script type="text/javascript">
  $(document).ready(function() {
     function divcount() {
      var mycount =  $('.user').length(); 
      document.write(mycount)
     }


  });
</script>

I'm sure im missing something simple..

Answer 1

Length is a property not a function. Size is a function.

Answer 2

It’s either $('.user').length (length property of Array) or $('.user').size() (size method of jQuery).

Answer 3

It's just $('.user').length. It's a property, not a method call.

Answer 4

$(".user").length  // use the length property

$(".user").size()  // use the size method

notice that the code must be include in the $(function(){...}) block; like:

$(function(){
    alert( $(".user").length );
    alert( $(".user").size() );
});