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Created July 2, 2012 14:25
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function getText(node) {
if (node.nodeType === 3) {
return node.data;
}
var txt = '';
if (node = node.firstChild) do {
txt += getText(node);
} while (node = node.nextSibling);
return txt;
}
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ackinc commented Nov 18, 2024

Seems identical. I still found getText useful because it can easily be modified to also traverse shadow roots (by changing node = node.firstChild to node = node.firstChild || node.shadowRoot?.firstChild)

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