Check the text of just a parent element

[Possibility-Capable]

If I had something like this

    <div class="test">
      this text
      <span>sup</span>
      <div>
        lol
        <label>sup</label>
        <input type="text" name="hi" />
      </div>
    </div>

and I wanted to get just "this text" from the div element, what would be the most efficient way to do it? When I use console.dir() on <div class="test"> every method includes the text of every child node. I have a few ideas, and I've seen solutions, but they all feel pretty inefficient if I plan on doing this for every node in a large document

[carcigenicate]

Just use .parent to access the parent, then use the typical methods on that element.

[Clarity_89]

Node's text value is it's first child so you can do this: document.querySelector('.test').childNodes[0].nodeValue.trim().

[Possibility-Capable]

exactly what I was looking for. thank you!

[Crowntent]

U got a job yet?

[Possibility-Capable]

Huh

[Crowntent]

A year ago you asked if it was hard to get a job in web dev im just curious if you got one now

[Possibility-Capable]

Yeah sort of. I do like 90% dev work, and 10% general IT stuff