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This method is used to create a new text node within the HTML/XML document.

Description

The .createTextNode() method is used to create a new text node within the HTML/XML document.

Syntax

text = document.createTextNode(data);

where,

  • text is a Text node.
  • data is a string containing the data to be put in the text node.

References

  1. createTextNode - W3C Spec
  2. createTextNode - MDN Link
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