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.text()

Get the combined text contents of each element in the set of matched elements or set the text contents of the matched elements.

Examples

1. Get Text

// <h1>Hello World</h1>
const title = $('h1').text();

Result

"Hello World"

2. Set Text (escaped)

$('h1').text('User input <script>');

Result

<h1>User input &lt;script&gt;</h1>

3. Set with Function

// <li>A</li>
$('li').text((index, text) => `${index}. ${text}`);

Result

<li>0. A</li>

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Description
content	string | function	The text to set, or a function that returns the text. Function receives (index, currentText).

Returns: A string for getter, or the original SR object for setter.