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A function to test if a JavaScript object is a DOM NodeList. This is designed to work across all browser implementations. StackOverflow question reference http://stackoverflow.com/a/7238344/18771.
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isNodeList.js
/* Released under the MIT License in 2014. http://opensource.org/licenses/mit-license */
function isNodeList(nodes) {
var stringRepr = Object.prototype.toString.call(nodes);
return typeof nodes === 'object' &&
/^\[object (HTMLCollection|NodeList|Object)\]$/.test(stringRepr) &&
nodes.hasOwnProperty('length') &&
(nodes.length === 0 || (typeof nodes[0] === "object" && nodes[0].nodeType > 0));
}
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You'll want to change nodes.hasOwnProperty('length') to nodes.length !== undefined for IE8 support.

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