​x
 
<html>
<head>
<script type="text/javascript">
function getElements()
  {
  var x=document.getElementsByTagName("input");
  alert(x.length);
  }
</script>
</head>
<body>
​
<input name="myInput" type="text" size="20" /><br />
<input name="myInput" type="text" size="20" /><br />
<input name="myInput" type="text" size="20" /><br />
<br />
<input type="button" onclick="getElements()" value="How many input elements?" />
​
</body>
</html>
​