How can I get text without links?

Question

I have some div with text and links.

<div id="mydiv">
some text <a href="#">super link</a> la la la
</div>

I need to get output with xPath:

some text la la la

Is it possible?

Answer 1

Yes, you want that string value of the div :

string(//div[@id="mydiv"])

will return

some text la la la

as requested.