# nodeValue property

The `nodeValue` property allows you to find out the value of a node or set it in HTML code.

## Syntax

`node.nodeValue;`

## Example

Let's display the text of an element using the `nodeValue` property:

`<p id="elem">text</p>` `let elem = document.querySelector('#elem'); let value = elem.nodeValue; console.log(value);`

The code execution result:

`'text'`

## See also

- the `textContent` property
  that contains an element text
- the `innerHTML` property
  that contains an HTML code of an element

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