jQuery - text( val ) Method
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Description
The text( val ) method sets the text contents of all matched elements. This method is similar to html( val ) but escapes all HTML entities.
Syntax
Here is the simple syntax to use this method −
selector.text( val )
Parameters
Here is the description of all the parameters used by this method −
val − Any string
Example
Following example would set the HTML content of the first paragraph in the second paragram but it escapes all the HTML tag.
Live Demo<html> <head> <title>The Selecter Example</title> <script type = "text/javascript" src = "https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.1.3/jquery.min.js"> </script> <script type = "text/javascript" language = "javascript"> $(document).ready(function() { var content = $("p#pid1").html(); $("#pid2").text(content); }); </script> <style> .red { color:red; } .green { color:green; } </style> </head> <body> <p class = "green" id = "pid1">This is <i>first paragraph</i>.</p> <p class = "red" id = "pid2">This is second paragraph.</p> </body> </html>
This will produce following result −
jquery-attributes.htm
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