get all id's within an id

[scarhand]

lets say i have the following code:

 

<div id="parent">

<div id="item1"></div>
<div id="item2"></div>
<div id="item3"></div>

</div>

 

how would i get item1, item2, and item3 (just the id's) into an array?

 

was looking into childnodes but wasn't clear on this...

[scarhand]

i got what i was trying to do:

 

var cids = Array.prototype.slice.call(document.getElementById(theid).getElementsByTagName('input'));

for (var j = 0, len = cids.length; j < len; ++j)
{
// do stuff with the objects
}