如何获取ul元素中不在js的li元素中的文本

Question

while I am taking inner text of ul element inner text of li and a tag also comes so how can I take exact inner text of ul element element only when I target it only.

my code:-

   <ul id="a3">
       hey
       <li id="a4">1 points again</li>
       <li id="a5">You have no points</li>
        <li id="a6"><a id="a7" href="cookie_catch.html">points review.<a>
        </li>
   </ul>

 <script>
   var el =  document.getElementById('a3'); 
   console.log(el.textContent)
 <script>

How can I take innerText of ul only

Answer 1

You need to target the first child node of your element before looking up its text content, using .childNodes[..] :

 var el = document.getElementById('a3'); console.log(el.childNodes[0].textContent) 

 <ul id="a3"> hey <li id="a4">1 points again</li> <li id="a5">You have no points</li> <li id="a6"><a id="a7" href="cookie_catch.html">points review.<a></li> </ul>