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XML DOM text Property


Document Object Reference Complete Document Object Reference

Definition and Usage

The text property returns the text of a node and its descendants.

Syntax

documentObject.text


Tips and Notes

Note: This property is Internet Explorer-only!


Example

The following code fragment loads "books.xml" into xmlDoc using loadXMLDoc() and displays the text of the XML document:

xmlDoc=loadXMLDoc("books.xml");
document.write(xmlDoc.text);

Output:

Everyday Italian Giada De Laurentiis 2005 30.00
Harry Potter J K. Rowling 2005 29.99 XQuery Kick Start
James McGovern Per Bothner Kurt Cagle James Linn
Vaidyanathan Nagarajan 2003 49.99 Learning XML
Erik T. Ray 2003 39.95


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Display the text of an XML document


Document Object Reference Complete Document Object Reference


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