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Reading HTML text.
- Thread starter vasilek
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yes using the innerHTML attribute.
<div id="test">this text will appear on screen friend.</div>
<script>
alert(document.getElementById("test"
.innerHTML)
</script>
Gary Haran
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<div id="test">this text will appear on screen friend.</div>
<script>
alert(document.getElementById("test"
.innerHTML)</script>
Gary Haran
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- #3
What if the text is not inside of <div> tag with id attribute? What are the other options?
<HTML>
<HEAD>
<TITLE>Main</TITLE>
</HEAD>
<BODY BGCOLOR = "#ffffff">
<FONT FACE = "Arial, Helvetica">
My text is located here.
</FONT>
</BODY>
</HTML>
<HTML>
<HEAD>
<TITLE>Main</TITLE>
</HEAD>
<BODY BGCOLOR = "#ffffff">
<FONT FACE = "Arial, Helvetica">
My text is located here.
</FONT>
</BODY>
</HTML>
dwarfthrower
Programmer
[tt]alert(document.body.innerText)[/tt]
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