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# jQuery - text( ) Method

# Description:

The html( val ) method gets the combined text contents of all matched elements.

The result is a string that contains the combined text contents of all matched elements. This method works on both HTML and XML documents.

# Syntax:

Here is the simple syntax to use this method:

    selector.text( )

## Parameters:

Here is the description of all the parameters used by this method:

- NA:

# Example:

Following is a simple example a simple showing the usage of this method:

    <html>
    <head>
    <title>the title</title>
       <script type="text/javascript"
       src="/jquery/jquery-1.3.2.min.js"></script>
       <script type="text/javascript" language="javascript">

       $(document).ready(function() {

         $("div").click(function () {
           var content = $(this).text();
           $("#result").text(content);
        });

       });

       </script>
       <style>
          .div{ margin:10px;padding:12px;
                 border:2px solid #666;
                 width:60px;
               }
      </style>
    </head>
    <body>
       <p>Click on any square below to see the result:</p>
       <p id="result"> THIS IS TEST </p>
       <div class="div" style="background-color:blue;">
           <h1>This is square one </h1>
       </div>
       <div class="div" style="background-color:green;">
           <h1>This is square two </h1>
       </div>
       <div class="div" style="background-color:red;">
           <h1>This is square three </h1>
       </div>
    </body>
    </html>

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