The getAdjacentText Method

The getAdjacentText Method

The getAdjacentText method enables you to get text directly from a web page. You can see the support for this method in Table 6.21.

Table 6.21. The getAdjacentText Method

Method	NS2	NS3	NS4	NS6	IE3a	IE3b	IE4	IE5	IE5.5	IE6
getAdjacentText( position )								x	x	x
	Returns: String

You can use this method to get the text part of an element (without any HTML tags). You pass this method a position argument that indicates where you want to get the text from in relation to the current object; this argument may be set to one of these values:

• "beforeBegin" . Text is returned from immediately before the element.

• "afterBegin" . Text is returned from after the start of the element (but before all other content in the element).

• "beforeEnd" . Text is returned from immediately before the end of the element (but after all other content in the element).

• "afterEnd" . Text is returned from immediately after the end of the element.