To get or set text content for a selected element in jQuery html() method is used. It is an inbuilt method of jQuery.
Syntax:
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.4.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script>
$(document).ready(function(){
$("#set_button").click(function(){
$("div").text("I am Set in this div element.");
});
$("#get_button").click(function(){
var data=$("div").text();
alert(data);
});
});
</script>
</head>
<body>
<button id="set_button">Set the content</button>
<br><br>
<div id="div1" style="width:200px;height:80px;background-color:palegreen;">html() method jQuery</div><br>
<button id="get_button">Get the content</button>
<p>By click on the get the content button you can get the data of the div element</p>
</body>
</html>
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To get or set only text content we used text() method
To get text with html markup we used html() method.
