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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; | |
| } |
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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What is the difference between this and
document.body.textContent? Only browser support or there are other advantages ?