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How to obtain unescaped text contents of a DOM node?

I'm trying to get the contents of a DOM node, which contains the text “D&O”. When I try to get this value using innerHTML I'm getting "D&O". Is there any option to get the raw value rather than the encoded value using JavaScript?

Solution

  • You can use

     return ("innerText" in node) ? node.innerText : node.textContent;

    innerHTML will returns the equivalent HTML that would provide the text that you see.