jQuery: Get the Text of Element without Child Element







<div id="foo">

    A quick brown fox

    <div id="bar">

        jumps over a lazy dog!

    </div>

</div>

 

<script>

    $("#foo").text(); //return "A quick brown fox jumps over a lazy dog!"

</script>




What if you just want “A quick brown fox” and wants to ignore all the child element? Well, here is a simple solution using jQuery.







<script>

    $("#foo")

        .clone()    //clone the element

        .children() //select all the children

        .remove()   //remove all the children

        .end()  //again go back to selected element

        .text();    //get the text of element

</script>