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  <title>jQuery .contents() nodeType</title>
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  <div id="inspect"><span>Hi</span><!-- note --><em>!</em></div>
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  <script src="https://code.jquery.com/jquery-3.7.1.min.js"></script>
  <script>
    var labels = { 1: "element", 3: "text", 8: "comment" };
    var lines = [];
    $("#inspect").contents().each(function () {
      var kind = labels[this.nodeType] || "other";
      var detail = this.nodeName || (this.textContent || "").trim().slice(0, 20);
      lines.push(kind + ": " + detail);
    });
    document.getElementById("out").textContent = lines.join("\n");
  </script>
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