Re: Get inner text of HMTL element

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Cezary Tomczyk wrote:

> On 2014-02-22 19:31, Martin Honnen wrote:
>> Cezary Tomczyk wrote:
>>> I would use now:
>>>
>>> var str = elm.textContent || elm.data || elm.innerText;
>>>
>>> Is it a good approach?
>>
>> No, with a browser implementing the W3C DOM Level 3 textContent property
>> and an empty element "elm" and no support for the other properties you
>> would get the value undefined, see http://jsfiddle.net/55euf/, instead
>> of the empty string.
> 
> I've updated the code. How about that?
> 
> http://jsfiddle.net/55euf/1/

How about posting it?
 
> P.S. I should write first unit tests for it and probably this would
> catch scenario which you've described.

You do not need a unit test for this, only deeper and clear thinking.
What is the result of

  "" || void 0 || void 0

?

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Get inner text of HMTL element Cezary Tomczyk <cezary.tomczyk@gmail.com> - 2014-02-22 18:21 +0100
  Re: Get inner text of HMTL element Martin Honnen <mahotrash@yahoo.de> - 2014-02-22 19:31 +0100
    Re: Get inner text of HMTL element Cezary Tomczyk <cezary.tomczyk@gmail.com> - 2014-02-22 20:51 +0100
      Re: Get inner text of HMTL element Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2014-02-22 21:11 +0100
        Re: Get inner text of HMTL element Cezary Tomczyk <cezary.tomczyk@gmail.com> - 2014-02-22 21:37 +0100
          Re: Get inner text of HMTL element Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2014-02-22 22:05 +0100
            Re: Get inner text of HMTL element Cezary Tomczyk <cezary.tomczyk@gmail.com> - 2014-02-22 23:38 +0100
              Re: Get inner text of HMTL element Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2014-02-23 10:43 +0100
                Re: Get inner text of HMTL element Cezary Tomczyk <cezary.tomczyk@gmail.com> - 2014-02-23 14:50 +0100
                Re: Get inner text of HMTL element Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2014-02-23 15:48 +0100
                Re: Get inner text of HMTL element Cezary Tomczyk <cezary.tomczyk@gmail.com> - 2014-02-24 21:01 +0100
                Re: Get inner text of HMTL element Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2014-02-24 22:34 +0100
                Re: Get inner text of HMTL element Cezary Tomczyk <cezary.tomczyk@gmail.com> - 2014-02-27 21:41 +0100
                Re: Get inner text of HMTL element Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2014-02-27 22:32 +0100
                Re: Get inner text of HMTL element Cezary Tomczyk <cezary.tomczyk@gmail.com> - 2014-02-28 13:44 +0100
                Re: Get inner text of HMTL element Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2014-02-28 16:54 +0100
                Re: Get inner text of HMTL element Cezary Tomczyk <cezary.tomczyk@gmail.com> - 2014-03-04 20:51 +0100
                Re: Get inner text of HMTL element ompalompasales2@gmail.com - 2014-03-04 12:59 -0800
  Re: Get inner text of HMTL element Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2014-02-22 20:59 +0100
    Re: Get inner text of HMTL element Cezary Tomczyk <cezary.tomczyk@gmail.com> - 2014-02-22 22:23 +0100
      Re: Get inner text of HMTL element Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2014-02-22 23:32 +0100
  Re: Get inner text of HMTL element Joao Rodrigues <groups_jr-1@yahoo.com.br> - 2014-02-22 21:27 -0300
    Re: Get inner text of HMTL element "se" <se@no-one.here> - 2014-02-23 05:35 +0100
      Re: Get inner text of HMTL element Joao Rodrigues <groups_jr-1@yahoo.com.br> - 2014-02-23 15:29 -0300
        Re: Get inner text of HMTL element "se" <se@no-one.here> - 2014-02-23 21:01 +0100
    Re: Get inner text of HMTL element Cezary Tomczyk <cezary.tomczyk@gmail.com> - 2014-02-23 20:02 +0100
      Re: Get inner text of HMTL element Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2014-02-23 21:55 +0100
        Re: Get inner text of HMTL element Cezary Tomczyk <cezary.tomczyk@gmail.com> - 2014-02-24 08:37 +0100
          Re: Get inner text of HMTL element Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2014-02-24 12:30 +0100
            Re: Get inner text of HMTL element Joao Rodrigues <groups_jr-1@yahoo.com.br> - 2014-02-24 15:09 -0300
              Re: Get inner text of HMTL element Christoph Michael Becker <cmbecker69@arcor.de> - 2014-02-24 19:43 +0100
                Re: Get inner text of HMTL element Joao Rodrigues <groups_jr-1@yahoo.com.br> - 2014-02-24 18:12 -0300
                Re: Get inner text of HMTL element Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2014-02-24 22:51 +0100
              Re: Get inner text of HMTL element Dr J R Stockton <reply1400@merlyn.demon.co.uk.invalid> - 2014-02-25 19:49 +0000
                Re: Get inner text of HMTL element Joao Rodrigues <groups_jr-1@yahoo.com.br> - 2014-02-26 05:20 -0300
                Re: Get inner text of HMTL element "se" <se@no-one.here> - 2014-02-26 17:10 +0100
                OT - Re: Get inner text of HMTL element Joao Rodrigues <groups_jr-1@yahoo.com.br> - 2014-02-26 15:48 -0300
                Re: OT - Re: Get inner text of HMTL element "Evertjan." <exxjxw.hannivoort@inter.nl.net> - 2014-02-26 22:43 +0100
                Re: OT - Re: Get inner text of HMTL element Dr J R Stockton <reply1400@merlyn.demon.co.uk.invalid> - 2014-02-27 15:00 +0000
                Re: OT - Re: Get inner text of HMTL element "Evertjan." <exxjxw.hannivoort@inter.nl.net> - 2014-02-28 10:50 +0100
                Re: OT - Re: Get inner text of HMTL element "se" <se@no-one.here> - 2014-02-27 10:57 +0100
                Re: Get inner text of HMTL element Dr J R Stockton <reply1400@merlyn.demon.co.uk.invalid> - 2014-02-27 15:46 +0000

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