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Range.toString

The Range.toString() method is a stringifier returning the text of the Range.

Alerting the contents of a Range makes an implicit toString() call, so comparing range and text through an alert dialog is ineffective

Syntax

text = range.toString();

Example

var range = document.createRange();

range.selectNode(document.getElementsByTagName("div").item(0));
text = range.toString();

Specifications

Browser compatibilityUpdate compatibility data on GitHub

Desktop
Chrome Edge Firefox Internet Explorer Opera Safari
Basic support Yes Yes 4 9 9 Yes
Mobile
Android webview Chrome for Android Edge Mobile Firefox for Android Opera for Android iOS Safari Samsung Internet
Basic support Yes Yes Yes 4 Yes Yes ?

See also

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https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Range/toString