How to get the value of HTML tag using JS

Most of time we are need get the text value of a particular HTML tag, here i am writing a very simple code to get the value of any HTML tag using JS, just you have to define class of HTML tag.

Get value of HTML tag Using Class

<h1 class="pageTitle">This is the page title</h1>
<script>
var tagText = document.querySelector(".pageTitle").textContent;
</script>

Get value of HTML tag Using ID

<h1 claidss="pageTitle">This is the page title</h1>
<script>
var tagText = document.querySelector("#pageTitle").textContent;
</script>

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About Author

My name is Mukesh Jakhar and I am a Web Application Developer and Software Developer, currently living in Jaipur, India. I have a Master of Computer Application in Computer Science from JNU Jaipur University. I loves to write on technology and programming topics. Apart from this, I love to travel and enjoy the beauty of nature.

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