number of elements inside a div with jquery [duplicate]

Question

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get the elements number inside parent div jquery

Is it possible to get the number of elements that are inside a div?

<div id=count">
   <span></span>
   <span></span>
   <span></span>
   <span></span>
</div>

the resut should be

 4

Answer 1

$('#count').children().length; // 4

Answer 2

var count = $('#count > *').length;