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# XML DOM textContent Property * * Element Object](#) * * * ## Definition and Usage The textContent property returns or sets the text of the selected element. If returning text, the property returns the values of all text nodes within the element node. If setting text, the property removes all child nodes and replaces them with a single text node. ## Syntax Returning text: elementNode.textContent Setting text: elementNode.textContent=string * * * ## Tips and Notes **Tip:** To set and return the text value of a node, use the (#) of the text node. * * * ## Example 1 The following code snippet uses [loadXMLDoc()](#) to load "[books.xml](#)" into xmlDoc and gets the text node from the first