Count the number of <div>

Question

Is it possible using jQuery to count the number of div elements?

I have this code:

<div id = "center">
  <div class ="name">text text</div>
  <div class ="name">text text text ... </div>
  <div class ="name">text ...</div>
</div>

And get number: 3

Answer 1

$("#center div").length will give you the count.

Answer 2

document.getElementsByTagName("div").length will give you the desired answer

Answer 3

<div id = "center">
  <div class ="name">text text</div>
  <div class ="name">
       <div class ="SomeOtherDiv">bla bla</div>
  </div>
  <div class ="name">text ...</div>
</div>

$('#center div').length // Result: 4

$('#center > div').length // Result: 3