jQuery text() Method

jQuery text() method sets or returns the text content of selected elements.

Unlike the html() method, text() can be used for both XML and HTML documents.

Here is a text() method syntax that return text content. Here text() method is a string containing the combined text of all selected elements.

$(selector).text();

And this syntax for set text content.

$(selector).text( content );

Parameter	Type	Description
content	String Number Boolean	Required. Specifies the new text content for the selected elements. When Number or Boolean is passed then it will be converted to a String representation.

Here, in this example text content return on selected elements.

$(document).ready(function(){
  $("button").click(function(){
    var tx;
    tx = $(".third").text();
    alert(tx);
  });
});

Here, in this example set text content on selected elements.

$(document).ready(function(){
  $("button").click(function(){
    $(".third").text("Last paragraph");
  });
});