toString

Summary

Returns the contents of a Range as a string. This string contains only the data characters, no markup.

Method of dom/Rangedom/Range

Syntax

var text = range.toString();

Return Value

Returns an object of type StringString

Contains only the data characters, no markup.

Examples

var range = document.createRange();

range.selectNode(document.getElementsByTagName("div").item(0));
text = range.toString();

Syntax

text = range.toString();

Standards information

• Document Object Model (DOM) Level 2 Traversal and Range Specification, Section 2.13

Related specifications

DOM

Living Standard

Attributions

• Mozilla Developer Network : [Range.toString Article]

• Microsoft Developer Network: [toString Method Article]