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text property (script, title, CommentNode, ...)

Browser support:

Sets or returns a string that corresponds the contents of the element.

The text property for CommentNode elements is only supported by Internet Explorer. If you need the text content of a CommentNode or TextNode, use the data or nodeValue property.

Syntax:

object.text;

You can find the related objects in the Supported by objects section below.

This property is read/write.

Possible values:

String that sets or retrieves the text content of the object.

Default: this property has no default value.

Example HTML code 1:

This example illustrates the use of the text property:

<head>
    <script type="text/javascript">
        function GetText () {
            var scripts = document.getElementsByTagName ("script");
            alert (scripts[0].text);
        }
    </script> 
</head>
<body>
    <button onclick="GetText ();">Get the contents of the script tag!</button>
</body>