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Get the text nodes which are descendants of the passed parent
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get-text-nodes.js
// Get the text nodes which are descendants of the passed parent
function getTextNodes(parent){
var all = [];
for (parent = parent.firstChild; parent; parent = parent.nextSibling) {
if (['SCRIPT','STYLE'].indexOf(parent.tagName) >= 0) continue;
if (parent.nodeType === Node.TEXT_NODE) all.push(parent);
else all = all.concat(getTextNodes(parent));
}
return all;
}
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amundo commented Feb 11, 2017

or

	if (['SCRIPT','STYLE'].includes(parent.tagName)) continue;

@vinaypai
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Note that includes() is not supported by any version of Internet Explorer. It's only supported in Edge 14+.

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