<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
</head>
<body>
<p id="p-id" ></p>
<p name="p">abc</p>
<p name="p">def</p>
<p name="p">ghi</p>
<script>
function set_p()
{
var p = document.getElementsByName("p");
document.getElementById("p-id").innerHTML = p.length;
}
set_p()
/*
run:
3
*/
</script>
</body>
</html>