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

HTML

<p>This example logs <b>everything</b> between the bold <b>words</b>. Look at the output below.</p>
<p id="log"></p>

JavaScript

const range = document.createRange();

range.setStartBefore(document.getElementsByTagName('b').item(0), 0);
range.setEndAfter(document.getElementsByTagName('b').item(1), 0);
document.getElementById('log').textContent = range.toString();

Result

Specifications

Specification
DOM Standard (DOM) # dom-range-stringifier

Browser compatibility

	Desktop						Mobile
	Chrome	Edge	Firefox	Internet Explorer	Opera	Safari	WebView Android	Chrome Android	Firefox for Android	Opera Android	Safari on IOS	Samsung Internet
`toString`	1	12	1	9	9	1	1	18	4	10.1	1	1.0