The read-only stringValue
property of the XPathResult
interface returns the string value of a result with XPathResult.resultType
being STRING_TYPE
.
Note: This feature is available in Web Workers.
Syntax
var value = result.stringValue;
Return value
The return value is the string value of the XPathResult
returned by Document.evaluate()
.
Exceptions
TYPE_ERR
In case XPathResult.resultType
is not STRING_TYPE
, an XPathException
of type TYPE_ERR
is thrown.
Example
The following example shows the use of the stringValue
property.
HTML
<div>XPath example</div>
<div>Text content of the <div> above: <output></output></div>
JavaScript
var xpath = "//div/text()";
var result = document.evaluate(xpath, document, null, XPathResult.STRING_TYPE, null);
document.querySelector("output").textContent = result.stringValue;
Result
Specifications
Specification | Status | Comment |
Document Object Model (DOM) Level 3 XPath SpecificationThe definition of 'XPathResult.stringValue' in that specification. | Recommendation | Initial definition |
Browser compatibility
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